US to Focus on Human Rights, Competition Concerns in Meeting With China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will use his upcoming meeting with Chinese officials to outline U.S. concerns over Chinese human rights abuses and illegal trade practices, Blinken told lawmakers. The March 18 meeting in Alaska, which was announced March 10, will include National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese foreign affairs officials Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi. “This is an important opportunity for us to lay out in very frank terms the many concerns that we have with Beijing's actions and behavior that are challenging the security, prosperity and the values of the United States and our partners and allies,” Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee March 10.
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Blinken said he will discuss U.S. concerns about unfair Chinese competition practices, human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region (see 2102110024), and China's lack of a “level playing field” for U.S. companies. He added that there are no plans yet for future meetings. “This is not a strategic dialogue. There's no intent at this point for a series of follow-on engagements,” he said. ‘“Those engagements, if they are to follow, really have to be based on the proposition that we're seeing tangible progress and tangible outcomes on the issues of concern to us with China.”