economic cooperation summit in san francisco. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s acess to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption that through the trump years and through the trump years and through the trump years and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship.- stabilise this ro
talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s access to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the impact of the pandemic. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption through the trump years and then through the pandemic and then through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship. we talk a lot about the conflicts and economic differences, but how has this impacted customers and businesses? has there been much of an impact? well, certainly, if you re a us consumer, there s
summit in san francisco. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s access to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption through the trump years and then through the pandemic and then through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship. we talk a lot about the conflicts and economic differences, but how has this impacted customers and businesses? has there been much of an i
a full separation of our economies would be economically disastrous for both of our countries and for the world. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china that benefits both countries over time. her comments come ahead of a potential meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping next week. since the leaders of the world s two most powerful nations last met in bali, a lot has changed despite us restrictions on high tech products over the last few months, us china relations have actually improved. both sides are keen to find more ways to cooperate on economic issues. translation: thank you, madam secretary, for your remarks. - it would give me great pleasure to meet with you again in the beautiful city of san francisco. it is less than four months since we last met in beijing and we had in depth discussions on topics of mutual interest. the efforts of these two superpowers to stabilise their relationship comes against an increasingly complicated backdrop a sputt