UPDATE 2-U.S. and China may meet at Singapore s Davos , WEF says Reuters 1/29/2021
(Adds Singapore PM comments, context on US-China relationship)
SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - United States President Joe Biden s new administration may hold meetings with Chinese counterparts at a World Economic Forum meeting in Singapore in May, the organisation s president said on Friday.
Borge Brende was speaking in a virtual dialogue with Singapore s prime minister, who called for a reset of the relationship between the two superpowers. Singapore has had very close ties with the U.S. but also worked very well with China, Brende said. The special annual meeting could be a place where you could see the new Biden administration and China meet.
January 29, 2021
Beijing has been pushing for greater global influence in a challenge to traditional US leadership.
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SINGAPORE - United States President Joe Biden s new administration may hold meetings with their Chinese counterparts at a World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Singapore in May, the organisation s president said on Friday (Jan 29).
Mr Borge Brende was speaking in a virtual dialogue with Singapore s prime minister, who called for a reset of the relationship between the two superpowers. Singapore has had very close ties with the US but also worked very well with China, Mr Brende said. The special annual meeting could be a place where you could see the new Biden administration and China meet.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - United States President Joe Biden’s new administration may hold meetings with Chinese counterparts at a World Economic Forum meeting in Singapore in May, the organisation’s president said on Friday.
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Borge Brende was speaking in a virtual dialogue with Singapore’s prime minister, who called for a reset of the relationship between the two superpowers.
“Singapore has had very close ties with the U.S. but also worked very well with China,” Brende said.
“The special annual meeting could be a place where you could see the new Biden administration and China meet.”
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