December 12, 2024 11:38 GMT
US-CHINA: Xi-'China Willing To Maintain Comms' & 'Expand Cooperation' w/US
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(MNI) London - In a letter to the US-China Business Council's 2024 Annual Celebration Dinner, Chinese President Xi Jinping says China and the US "will benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation. They should choose dialogue instead of confrontation and carry out mutually beneficial cooperation instead of zero-sum game." Xi, "China is willing to maintain communication with the United States, expand cooperation, manage differences, continue to explore the correct way for the two countries to get along in the new era, and realize the long-term peaceful coexistence of China and the United States [...]"
- On trade, Xi states "The two sides should properly handle differences through equal consultation, give play to their complementary advantages and expand the pie of cooperation, so that their respective successes will become opportunities rather than challenges for each other, and the development of both sides will become a boost rather than an obstacle to each other."
- The publication of the letter comes a short time after Chinese state outlet Xinhua reports on a meeting between President Xi Jinping and former Russian PM and president Dmitry Medvedev in Beijing during which the two talked up strategic cooperation.
- Despite US President Joe Biden's approval of a national security memo looking to set out a road map on how the US could or should react to the trend in global political affairs, international focus has already largely turned to President-elect Donald Trump's stance on geopolitical relations.
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