Janet Yellen's Beijing Charm Offensive

Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow, The Lowy Institute

10-Jul-23 07:30

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visit to China seeks to mend strained ties with Beijing, with both nations engaged in a tit-for-tat trade war. Is the world big enough for these 2 superpowers? Will they share the spoils, or choose a winner-take-all strategy? We speak to Richard McGregor, senior fellow at the Lowy Institute to find out more on Yellen’s visit and will this set up a meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping during the November APEC meeting in San Francisco?

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Categories: international, politics, government

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