2024-04-07 15:43:00
Given the financial aid of China a Russia, USA expressed his concern to the eastern president Xi Jinpingduring a phone call with the American president, Joe Bidenreported a US official.
After “positive action” following the Russian invasion of Ukraine“after a while we have really seen the People’s Republic of China start helping rebuild Russia’s defense industrial base,” he said.
China provides components that can “progressively increase the capabilities of Russia in Ukraineand that has, of course, longer-term repercussions on European security,” he assured.
In the dialogue between leaders, technological rivalry was also addressed, in an attempt to maintain the relationship despite the tensions between the two superpowers.
This is their first direct conversation since a summit held in November in California, marked by a thaw in tone, if not in long-term rivalry between the world’s two largest economies.
It was a “sincere and profound exchange” on matters of common interest, according to the Chinese state broadcaster. CCTV.
In a statement, the White House He stated that the conversation focused as much on the possibilities of “cooperation” as on “differences.”
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will to China from April 3 to 9, according to his office, and the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, in the coming weeks to continue the dialogue.
The conversation was not intended to make “announcements,” but rather “to take stock” after the California summit, said an official from the White House.
China and the United States went through a period of very strong tension in early 2023, when a Chinese balloon flew over American territory.
TECHNOLOGICAL RESTRICTIONS
Another of the tricky issues are the restrictions that Washington imposed some cutting-edge technological exports to China.
Xi Jinping considers it an attempt to undermine the technological development of his country and told his counterpart that Beijing will not “stand by” in the face of these restrictions.
The Chinese president emphasized that “USA has launched an endless series of measures to suppress the economyChina’s trade, science and technology, and the list of sanctions against Chinese companies is getting longer,” according to Xinhua.
The United States “will continue to take necessary actions to prevent advanced American technologies from being used to undermine” national security, Biden told him.
As for TikTok, Biden reiterated that he wants ownership of the social network to change hands.
“He made it clear to the President Xi that this was not a ban on the application, but rather our interest in selling assets, so that security interests can be protected.
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