US and China have achieved ‘strategic stability’ in the relationship, says Rubio

US President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Washington and Beijing have achieved “strategic stability” in their long and troubled relationship, the head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, said on Wednesday (25). The speech takes place about a month before President Donald Trump’s visit to China. ✅ Follow g1’s international news channel on WhatsApp “I believe that we have reached at least a point of some strategic stability in the relationship,” Rubio told journalists during a visit to Saint Kitts and Nevis. Rubio is known for his hard-line stance on China. He and Trump often cite the Asian power as an adversary that must be counterattacked globally. China, in fact, is considered the USA’s great rival and must be contained and detained —preferably without a direct military clash—, according to National Security documents published in recent months by the North American government. “I think both countries have concluded that an all-out global trade war between the United States and China would be deeply damaging to both parties and the world,” the Secretary of State added. See the videos that are trending on g1 Even so, Rubio promised to continue pressuring China to negotiate a trilateral nuclear agreement with the United States and Russia. The agreement that Washington had with Moscow, called New START, expired at the beginning of the month because Trump believes that Beijing should be involved in any new treaty due to the rapid expansion of its atomic arsenal. Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2, his first visit to the Asian country during his second term. Rubio said he hopes to travel with Trump, for whom he is also National Security Advisor. The Secretary of State participated on Wednesday in a summit meeting of heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Saint Kitts and Nevis to discuss the situation in Cuba and Venezuela.

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