China’s top envoy to the US said the top priority for both countries is to translate recent outcomes from meetings in Busan and Kuala Lumpur into concrete actions without “causing new disruptions”.
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Speaking via video link to the US-China Business Council’s annual conference in Shanghai, Xie Feng also reiterated Beijing’s four red lines, including the Taiwan issue, according to a transcript of his speech released by the Chinese embassy on Tuesday.
Xie’s speech, delivered on Monday, came after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump held talks last week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in South Korea.
“The pressing priority is to follow up on the consensus reached between the two presidents at their meeting and the joint arrangements reached during the economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, so as to reassure both our countries and the world economy with concrete actions and outcomes,” Xie said.
“It would be unacceptable to say one thing but do another, cause any new disruptions, make zero-sum calculations, let alone try to profit at the others’ expense,” he added.
It was their first in-person meeting since Trump’s return to the White House in January, and Beijing and Washington reached a truce on thorny issues ranging from soybeans and rare earths to fentanyl.
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