Chinese Foreign Minister calls for U.S. and China to 'overcome obstacles' ahead of presidential summit

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged both countries to "overcome obstacles" ahead of a potential summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, expected to take place next month on September 24. He made this statement during a meeting with US Ambassador to China David Perdue on August 26. Wang acknowledged that China-US relations still face various risks and challenges despite previous efforts to maintain stability in the relationship. The two countries have continued to engage in targeted economic action against each other, including trade restrictions and bans on certain products.
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Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister, has called on the US and China to overcome obstacles ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting is expected to take place on September 24 in the US, although the exact date has not been confirmed. Wang Yi met with U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue on August 26, and urged both sides to focus on the positive agenda and manage their differences. He acknowledged that relations between the two countries still face various risks and challenges, citing ongoing economic tensions, including a US ban on Chinese-made robots and China's ban on American entities engaging in trade and other activities within its borders. The statement was made through Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

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Wang Yi met with U.S. ambassador to China David Perdue on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) and called on both sides to “focus on the positive agenda, properly manage differences, remove interference and overcome obstacles to high-level exchanges between the two countries,” Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday (August 27). China-U.S. relations “still face various risks and challenges,” he acknowledged in a statement released by CCTV.
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🔮 Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi met in May in Beijing and pledged to keep the relationship stable and maintain the fragile trade truce.
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Chinese Foreign Minister calls for U.S. and China to 'overcome obstacles' ahead of presidential summit · assertive framing

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China's Foreign Minister said his country and the United States should overcome obstacles between the nations ahead of an expected summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. asserted
country → say → Trump
Wang Yi met with U.S. ambassador to China David Perdue on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) and called on both sides to “focus on the positive agenda, properly manage differences, remove interference and overcome obstacles to high-level exchanges between the two countries,” Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday (August 27). China-U.S. relations “still face various risks and challenges,” he acknowledged in a statement released by CCTV. asserted
he → meet → CCTV
Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi met in May in Beijing and pledged to keep the relationship stable and maintain the fragile trade truce. uncertain
Trump → meet → truce
Mr. Trump invited Mr. Xi to meet Sept. 24 in the U.S. but the exact date of the Chinese leader's visit has not been confirmed. asserted
date → invite → visit
Since then, however, the U.S. and China have continued to take targeted economic action against each other including the U.S. banning Chinese-made robots and China banning American entities engaging in trade and other activities in China. asserted
China → continue → China
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