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BEIJING In a relationship as strained as the Americas and China, a simple agreement that the talks were productive was a sign of progress. Nine months after the start of Joe Biden’s presidency, the two sides finally appear to be trying to ease tensions dating back to the Trump administration, although complaints from the United States about China’s policies on trade, Taiwan and d other questions are little attenuated. A closed-door meeting in Zurich on Wednesday between China’s senior foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan was not accompanied by the public acrimony presentations...
