Biden and Xi discuss US-China cooperation and conflict [Video]

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a call on Tuesday in an effort to keep tensions between the two countries at a simmer.

They discussed avenues of cooperation, including recent shared efforts to combat climate change and narcotics, according to summaries of the call.

But there was significant disagreement on Taiwan and economic issues.

Mr Biden stressed support for Taiwan, but Mr Xi called US interference in the South China Sea a “red line”.

Mr Xi also took issue with sanctions the US has put on China and Chinese-owned companies, calling it an “endless stream of measures to suppress China’s economy, trade, science and technology”.

“If the United States insists on suppressing China’s high-tech development and depriving China of its legitimate right to development, we will not sit idly by,” the Chinese …