Biden And Xi To Hold Call In "Coming Weeks"

MNI London: The White House has issued a readoutof today's meeting between White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

• The White House: "The two sides held candid, substantive, and constructive discussions on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues," noting the pair, "welcomed ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication, including planning for a leader-level call in the coming weeks."
• According to the White House, "Sullivan emphasized that the United States will continue to take necessary actions to prevent advanced U.S. technologies from being used to undermine our national security, without unduly limiting trade or investment."
• Sullivan also, "raised continued concerns about the PRC’s unfair trade policies and non-market economic practices."
• The White House readout, similar to a Chinese readout of the meeting released earlier, flags that Sullivan and Wang, "noted the importance of regular, ongoing military-to-military communications and planned to hold a theater commander telephone call in the near future."
• The resumption of military-to-military channels was a key objective of Sullivan's trip and could reduce the risk of inadvertent escalation between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific.
• The Washington Post notes: "China has been careful to avoid openly favoring either U.S. presidential candidate, but Chinese foreign policy experts warn of renewed instability and a full-blown trade war if Donald Trump is elected."
• Biden and Xi could hold a bilateral meeting on the margins of APEC summit in Peru (Nov. 10-16), or at the G20 summit in Brazil (Nov. 18-19). Both summits come after the US presidential election, likely informing the scope of any potential bilat.