The conversation takes place shortly before Taiwan’s presidential inauguration in May. Biden used the occasion to emphasize the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, said a statement from the White House.
Xi believed that ties between China and the United States are stabilizing, but believes that the United States is creating risk rather than removing it by suppressing China’s trade and technology development and adding new companies to the sanctions list.
Relations between the US and China became more tense after President Donald Trump went to trade war with China. That he also blamed China for the corona pandemic drove the two countries even further apart.
Biden has maintained the trade restrictions that Trump introduced and also introduced new ones that have affected China’s access to, among other things, Western computer chip technology.
During the call on Tuesday, Biden said he will continue to take measures he believes are necessary to prevent American technology from being used to undermine America’s security.
According to the US president, the conversation lasted an hour and 45 minutes.
