A senior US administration official is on the wires talking about the Biden/Xi call today:
- discussed areas of cooperation including climate change, health security and counter narcotics
- had a direct and honest discussion on Taiwan
- discussed face-to-face meeting
- Brought up long-standing concerns on human rights
- used similar language back in November when asked about playing with fire matter for
- macroeconomic coordination between China and US is of great importance
- did not discuss any potential lifting of US tariffs on Chinese products