US National Security Advisor Sullivan has reportedly asked and suggested that President Biden and Chinese President Xi speak on the phone in June and for in-person talks to occur in September, via SGH Macro
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- Before this, on May 25th/26th, China's Commerce Minister Wentao is to hold talks with US Commerce Secretary Raimondo and USTR Tai; reportedly, the Chinese side does not have particularly high hopes for this meeting.
- US and Chinese Defence Ministers expected to speak on June 2nd-4th.
- Justification for the Xi-Biden meeting, according to Beijing sources, is that the G7 communique relating to China was not as tough as initially suggested.