The second round of military negotiations between the US and China has begun and a meeting between the Ministers of Defense is being prepared

The global negotiation season of 2023 ended with six rounds of talks between high-level representatives of the U.S. government (Secretary of State Blinken; Secretary of the Treasury Yellen; Special Envoy for Climate Kerry; Secretary of Commerce Raimondo; National Security Advisor Sullivan; and a congressional delegation led by Senator Schumer) and the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

The greatest success of last year’s diplomatic cycle for the United States was the creation of conditions in which Xi Jinping could not refuse to participate in the APEC Summit in San Francisco, hosted by President Joe Biden.

As a result of the California talks, the US and China agreed to establish shaky “rules of engagement” and, ultimately, to provide space for the most fundamental negotiations between the Pentagon and the PLA.