China Requests Call With Rubio as Trump and Xi Prepare for Back-to-Back Summits
Beijing reached out first. At China’s request, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio spoke today with Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister and top CCP foreign affairs official.
The call focused on President Trump’s upcoming trip to the APEC Summit in China and Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Florida for the G20.
The two sides recalled the leaders’ commitment to a constructive relationship built on strategic stability, respect, fairness, and reciprocity. That last word matters. Fairness and reciprocity are not slogans. They are the standard Trump has set for dealing with China after years of one-sided arrangements.
Rubio and Wang also agreed that real leader-level talks are needed to move forward on peace and denuclearization. That includes the possibility of a trilateral meeting involving Russia. Denuclearization talks only work if China stops free-riding and starts matching American seriousness.