"I
said: This is not a threat. This is an observation," Biden said.
"Since Russia went into Ukraine, 600 American corporations have
pulled out of Russia. And you have told me that your economy
depends on investment from Europe and the United States. And be
careful. Be careful."
Putin and Xi held two days of talks in March with warm words of
friendship between China and Russia and joint criticism of the
West, but no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough over Ukraine.
The pair also participated in a virtual summit earlier this
week.
There are heightened tensions and pessimism in the U.S.-China
relationship over national security issues, including Taiwan,
Russia's war in Ukraine, growing U.S. export bans on advanced
technologies and China's state-led industrial policies.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was continuing a visit to
China on Saturday.
Asked what Xi's response was, Biden said: "He listened, and he
didn't...argue. And if you notice, he has not gone full-bore in
on Russia."
"So, I think there's a way we can work through this."
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Sandra Maler and Leslie
Adler)
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