(Washington) A delegation from the United States Congress must go to China, a first since 2019, when the first two world powers are rocked on various files, a parliamentary source announced on Tuesday.
The elected Democrat “Adam Smith will lead a delegation of the congress in China,” said AFP an official in the House of Representatives.
This source, which required anonymity, did not provide more details.
The NBC News television channel, which had revealed information earlier, reported that the delegation will be made up of elected officials from both political edges, the republican presidential camp and the democratic opposition.
This visit will take place “later” in September, also said NBC News.
It is part of “the desire to open a dialogue between the United States and China,” said Adam Smith, quoted by NBC, believing that it was “important to do so”.
“The simple fact of chatting with China does not mean that we approve everything it does. China is a large powerful country. We are a large powerful country. I think we have to talk about it, “he continued.
A possible meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is not yet confirmed, he said.
In the midst of Donald Trump’s global commercial offensive, the two rival powers are pursuing negotiations in order to flatten a number of subjects related to their trade relations.
But in a country very divided between the different political tendencies, the attitude of firmness in rivalry with China remains one of the rare subjects of relative consensus.
Republican president Donald Trump has strengthened the policy of restrictions on Beijing led by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, in the field of technologies in particular.
