Yang Jiechi (left), China’s foreign minister at the time, has a word with Joe Biden, then US vice-president, during a luncheon in Los Angeles on February 17, 2012. Photo: AFP
Opinion
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The View
US-China relations: why Joe Biden should go back to basics
- Both sides should focus on the economic and trade issues that have long anchored the US-China relationship and work towards a bilateral investment treaty
- That doesn’t mean dismissing other tough issues, such as human rights, but re-establishing common ground and mutual trust before expanding the agenda
Yang Jiechi (left), China’s foreign minister at the time, has a word with Joe Biden, then US vice-president, during a luncheon in Los Angeles on February 17, 2012. Photo: AFP
