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U.S. and China must figure out what’s next after talks clear the air

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan exit the ballroom used for a closed-door morning session of talks between the United States and China after the conclusion of their two days of meetings in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI

By Nick Wadhams
BLOOMBERG

Mar 20, 2021

U.S. and Chinese officials traded acrimony and accusations over two days of talks in Anchorage, Alaska, that both sides hope will clear the air.

Now the real work begins.

While the Americans portrayed the talks as a good chance to exchange views, they left Alaska without any clear path forward on issues from tariffs and human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong to cyberattacks and the long roster of Chinese companies at risk of being delisted from U.S. exchanges.

U.S. and China must figure out what’s next after talks clear the air

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