Blinken to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sept 27
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The meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will take place on Sept 27.
PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sept 27 in New York City, the US State Department said.
Ties between the world’s two biggest economies have been tense as they clash over US export controls on advanced chip technology to China, trade tariffs, Taiwan, human rights and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
The meeting between the two top diplomats will take place at 5.30pm on Sept 27, according to the State Department. Mr Wang is in the US for the United Nations General Assembly session.
China this week urged the US to “promptly” remove all additional tariffs on Chinese goods.
Washington has expressed concern over China’s ties with Russia since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, while Beijing has repeatedly expressed worries over US ties with Taiwan.
The US is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier even though Washington does not formally recognise its government, maintaining official relations only with Beijing.
The challenges to the US posed by China exceed those of the Cold War, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said earlier in September.
President Joe Biden’s administration has been explicit that it is not seeking a cold war with China, but increasingly, analysts and members of the US Congress have said escalating global competition between the two superpowers resembled a new style of the Cold War.
The two sides have kept lines of communication open in recent months. The White House said in August a call was being planned between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mr Biden soon. REUTERS
