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Biden and Xi discuss military communications, AI risk and climate change in bilateral meeting

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Nov 2023, 7:06pm
President Joe Biden greets Xi Jinping. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
President Joe Biden greets Xi Jinping. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden and Xi discuss military communications, AI risk and climate change in bilateral meeting

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Nov 2023, 7:06pm

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart discussed climate change, in a first bilateral meeting in seven years.

The pair sat down together ahead of the APEC Summit in San Francisco.

Biden says Xi Jinping agreed to help disrupt fentanyl drug production, resume military communications and assess AI risk.

Herald business commentator Fran O'Sullivan says they also talked about a combined approach to the climate crisis.

"Between them, they're 40 percent of emissions for the world. These are major issues, they've got the big meeting up in Dubai coming soon- COP28."

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