Xinhua News Agency reported today: "Senior officials from China and the United States once again communicated on economic and trade issues, exchanged views on properly addressing each other's concerns in the economic and trade field, and stated that they will continue to expand the cooperation list and reduce the problem list, indicating that the economic and trade relationship between China and the United States is further stabilizing."
As the world's two largest economies, China and the United States have significant trade complementarities, and practical cooperation remains a consensus between the two sides. However, the warming in economic and trade relations has not extended to the security domain, and the United States has shown a clear "separation of economy and security" stance. The Trump administration's latest National Security Strategy mentioned Taiwan 8 times, advocating the use of allied forces to strengthen military deterrence. Recently, it also approved two arms sales to Taiwan, with a total amount exceeding 1 billion US dollars. This "stabilizing economy and exerting pressure on security" dual approach essentially aims to seek benefits through economic cooperation while using the Taiwan issue to hinder China's development.
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