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The U.S. Treasury Secretary on Sunday finished a four-day trip to China. The visit aimed to ease tensions between the two countries as the relationship had taken a downturn in recent years. The two sides talked economics, a spy balloon, and climate change, but what came out of it? VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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HEADLINE: Treasury Secretary: US and China "Made Progress" in Talks
TEASER: Yellen’s remarks follow four-day trip she described as “substantive” despite “significant disagreements.”
PUBLISHED AT: 07/09/2023
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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((INTRO)) [[The U.S. Treasury Secretary on Sunday finished a four-day trip to China. The visit aimed to ease tensions between the two countries as the relationship had taken a downturn in recent years. The two sides talked economics, a spy balloon, and climate change, but what came out of it? VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.]]
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A recent maneuver in the Taiwan Strait by a Chinese warship passing a U.S. Navy destroyer in what the United States called an “unsafe manner” highlighted the tensions between the world’s largest superpowers.
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It was against this backdrop that U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited the Chinese capital late last week. In Beijing she met with parties to discuss issues ranging from trade, the environment, and spying. There appears to have been some progress, but Yellen said the two countries still have a way to go.
[RADIO TRACK: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaking in Beijing as provided by The Associated Press.]
((BEIJING, AP, 07/09))
((Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary))
“The U.S. and China have significant disagreements. Those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. But President [Joe] Biden and I do not see the relationship between the U.S. and China through the frame of great power conflict. We believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive.”
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Yellen’s trip follows the Chinese spy balloon incident from earlier this year where a high-altitude balloon traveled much of the United States and Canada. The U.S. ultimately shot down the craft, and the Chinese government called that an “excessive reaction.”
((YELLEN/HE MEET, BEIJING, AP, 07/08))
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A topic of discussion brought up by new Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ((Huh le-Fong)) at a meeting last week with Yellen.
[RADIO TRACK: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng as provided by the Associated Press.]
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“It is regretful that due to a series of unexpected incidents, such as the airship, the China-U.S. relations has had some difficulties, particularly in implementing the consensus of the two state leaders… We wish the U.S. side would take a rational and practical attitude, meet with the Chinese side halfway… and put positive remarks into actions so as to stabilize and improve China-U.S. relations.”
((CLIMATE MEETING, BEIJING, AP, 07/08))
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Yellen also met to discuss what she called “honest lines of communication” particularly around climate issues.
[RADIO TRACK: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen again speaking from Beijing as provided by The Associated Press.]
((BEIJING, AP, 07/08))
((Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary))
“As the two largest economies in the world it’s in our interests to work together on these challenges. And that’s something the world expects of us. And climate change is on the top of the list of global challenges. And the United States and China must work together to address this existential threat.”
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While a major diplomatic breakthrough wasn’t expected by either country, Yellen’s visit came amid a particularly turbulent time in relations. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that China had reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping station capable of gathering information from the southeastern United States.
Furthering compounding issues recently was when U.S. President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator.
Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
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