US President Joe Biden plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping by the end of the month at a moment of simmering tensions between the countries over Taiwan and trade
US military thinks Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan"is not a good idea right now," President Biden says after China threatened to respond with"forceful measures" should the House speaker tour the Beijing-claimed island.
"I think I'll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days," Biden told reporters on as he returned from a climate-related trip to Massachusetts. "I think that the military thinks it's not a good idea right now, but I don't know what the status of it is," Biden said. Pelosi's office declined to comment on whether the visit is moving forward, citing security concerns. The State Department has called the trip "hypothetical." Plans for the trip were reported by the Financial Times, which also said the White House had expressed concerns.
US military vessels were conducting transits through the Taiwan Strait as recently as Tuesday, angering Beijing, which sent fighters across the strait's median line this month following a visit to Taipei by US Senator Rick Scott.On trade, the Biden administration has been at odds with China over fulfilling its commitments to existing agreements.
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