U.S. Senator Daines: Trump-Xi meeting aims to reduce tensions rather than solve specific problems

"Voice of America" ​​reported that US Republican Senator Steve Daines said on the 1st that the United States and China should not completely decouple, but should reduce the risk of conflict through maintaining contact and communication. Based on his experience with China, if you want to achieve practical results on specific issues, frank and intense dialogue is best conducted behind closed doors and in private. For example, the two sides have heatedly debated major issues such as Ukraine and Iran in private settings. Expressing a tough stance through public rhetoric will often push China in the wrong direction.

Daines is regarded as an important bridge between the United States and China, and was the only senator invited to attend the state banquet during the second meeting between Trump and Xi. He commented on the results of the second meeting between Trump and Xi at the Nixon Foundation's "Great Power Strategy Summit". Even though the actual results were limited and more focused on etiquette and ceremonial arrangements, the main significance of the meeting between the two leaders was to stabilize and ease relations between the two countries, rather than to immediately resolve all specific issues.

Daines said that the stability of U.S.-China relations depends on the United States' own military and economic strength on the one hand, and whether the two sides maintain communication on the other. In particular, the importance of frequent communication between Trump and Xi Jinping has not received enough attention from the outside world.