The US and China will experience ‘extreme competition’ on the global economic scene, but will not be drawn into direct conflict with each other, President Biden said on Sunday.
In an interview aired on CBS’s “Face the Nation”, the president told anchor Norah O’Donnell that there was no reason for the US and China to go to war, but that the two superpowers were probably still for years economically would clash. .
“The question is, I have already said [China’s President Xi Jinping] all the time that we do not have to have a conflict, ‘Biden told CBS.
“But there will be extreme competition. And I’m not going to do it as he knows it,” the president continued, apparently referring to the approach to China by the Trump administration, which has been trying for years to make a big deal. to reach agreement with China in efforts that eventually spit out.
“We’re going to focus on international road rules,” Biden continued.
The president’s remarks are from his first China policy since taking office. He recently made extensive remarks about US-China policy in December when he described the Trump administration’s approach as’ backward ‘and promised to make it’ really clear to China that there are international rules that if you want to play, we with you. If you do not, we will not play. ”
‘It’s not about punishing them for COVID virus; it is about insisting that there are international norms that are determined according to which they play, ”Biden said at the time.
The Chinese government went to the inauguration day last month to punish dozens of Trump administration officials, a move that was condemned by the Biden White House but did not take reciprocal action.