"Relations between China and the US, the world's most important superpowers, had nosedived during Trump's first term as president, when he started a trade war with Beijing, using punishing tariff rates."
"In 2023, Mexico overtook China as the US's biggest trade partner for the first time in 20 years as economic ties deteriorated."
"US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters ahead of the Lima meeting that Xi and Biden would discuss the transition to a Trump White House and the need for level-headedness on both sides in that period."
"In his election campaign this year, Trump threatened to slap 60 percent blanket tariffs on all Chinese imports to the US."
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