President Joe Biden spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House said, with both leaders discussing the need to avoid letting competition between the world's two largest economies veer into conflict
Relations between Washington and Beijing have been at their lowest point in decades and it was only the second call between the leaders since Biden took office in January.
The conversation focused on economic issues, climate change and COIVD-19, the senior U.S. official said. The Chinese report added that both sides agreed to maintain frequent contact and to ask working-level teams to increase communications.yielded scant progress During the ensuing months, the two sides have lashed out at each other on an almost constantly, often resorting to vitriolic public attacks, slapping sanctions on each other's officials and criticizing the other for not upholding their international obligations.
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