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November 16, 2021 The expected face-to-face online between the US president, Joe Biden, and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has begun. The announcement of the start was made simultaneously in Washington and by the Chinese authorities. The two leaders of the major powers in the world will talk, it is expected for a few hours, about issues at the center of the growing tensions between the US and China: first and foremost, trade, Chinese nuclear arsenal, Taiwan.
Biden opened the summit from the White House and said the two countries must develop "guardrails" to "ensure that competition does not lead to conflict, whether intentional or not." The Chinese president, who called Biden an "old friend", replied noting that the two countries must "improve their communication and cooperation" and foretelling a "frank" dialogue
The meeting is attended by the US side, alongside the president, the secretary of state Antony Blinken, the one at the Treasury, Janet Yellen, and national security adviser, Jake Sullivan.
On the Chinese side, alongside President Xi, there are Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Yang Jiechi, director of the Communist Party's Foreign Affairs Committee, the highest Chinese diplomat, Xi's adviser, Ding Xuexieg, and Deputy Prime Minister Liu He who is also Xi's economic advisor, the latter three are all members of the Politburo.