Presidents Biden and Xi agree to ‘pick up the phone’ for urgent concerns

President Joe Biden and China’s President President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens at the Filoli Estate in California (Doug Mills/The New York Times/APl)

US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping emerged from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilise their fraught relationship.

They showcased modest agreements to combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications, but there were still deep differences on economic competition and global security threats.