US President Joe Biden will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 14 at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, the White House announced Thursday.
It will be the first face-to-face talks between leaders since Biden took office.
“Leaders will discuss efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication,” as well as how to responsibly manage competition and work together where interests align, especially in relation to transnational challenges, White House Press Secretary Karina Jeanpierre said.
The two countries have broad trade and investment ties, but differences in military and diplomatic influence persist, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Taiwan, a close ally of the United States, is another source of strong disagreement because Xi believes it should be under Beijing’s control.
As Biden pointed out Wednesday, he made it clear to Xi that he wants “competition, not conflict”.
Biden said they would discuss Taiwan, but added that the US position on Taiwan “hasn’t changed at all since the beginning.”
North Korea’s missile tests, which the United States and its allies see as a growing threat, will also be on the agenda.
As Biden said Wednesday, he wants to be articulate: “what are the red lines for each of us to understand what [Sji] what are the critical interests of China and what I know what the critical interests of the United States are and to determine if they are in conflict with each other. “
“And if they are, how to fix it and regulate it,” he added.
