Following a high-stakes meeting in San Francisco, President Joe Biden touted that the United States and China had “some of the most constructive and productive discussions” on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Summit. However, critics point out that the summit achieved minimal progress on the key bilateral issues.
After hours of meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping at a secluded historic estate south of San Francisco, President Biden highlighted a few key outcomes: restoring high-level military dialogue, getting China’s commitment to reduce fentanyl exports to the United States, and tackling the risks of artificial intelligence.
