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Trump and Xi respect each other, are in a unique position to do something big, and they want to do it together, said the American envoy of China
The administration of American president Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping () that we do not want coercion, but we want [the Taiwan dispute] Solidly resolved, the United States Ambassador to China David Lost said in a television interview Thursday.
Trump said very clearly, we do not change China’s policy, we will join the Taiwan Relations Act, the three press releases and the six insurances that were done under [former US president Ronald] Reagan, lost custom Joe Kernen, Chost de CNBCS Squawk box.
The law, the three joint press releases and the six insurances are guidelines for Washington in the treatment of its unofficial relationship with Taipei under its Chinese policy.
The six insurances guarantee that the United States would not set a date to end the sales of weapons in Taiwan, organize previous consultations with China on arms sales in Taiwan, play any mediation role between Taipei and Beijing, revise the Taiwan Relations Act, modify its position concerning sovereignty on Taiwan, or exert pressure on Taiwan to negotiate with China.
It is unlikely that a face to face meeting between Trump and Xi will occur before next year, said lost.
Washington always tries to organize a person in person between the two heads of state and had gone back and forth on logistics, he said.
It is two great respect. They met several times before, they have already had three phone calls this year, said lost. These are two people in unique positions that want to do something great, and I think they want to do it together.
The United States wants the relationship to be the most consecutive of our less opponent time and buy time to find a way to coexist, he said.
Trump is the only president I saw in my life [who] The ability to hit him in the face, but to turn around, put an arm around him and really start to negotiate, said lost, referring to the tiktok agreement and a next Boeing aircraft agreement.
In the meantime, Squawk box Cohost Andrew Ross Sorkin cited the CEO of Nvidia Corp, Jensen Huangs (), how last month, China is nanoseconds behind the United States in master’s technology and artificial intelligence (IA).
Lost said that the United States was still leading the AI innovation race, but had to maintain this lead against the Chinese manufacturer Huawei Technologies CO () by attracting and using human capital to compete on the world scene.
He added that he hoped that China would help in the Ukrainian conflict and stop buying crude oil from Russia and Iran to help resolve world conflicts.
Lost was appointed ambassador to China in April. Since then, he said that he had spoken face to face with XI about American pricing policies and American interests.
