China and the U.S. Reach Eight-Point Consensus on Outcomes

China News Network reported on September 26 that during Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25 local time, the heads of state of China and the United States held indepth exchanges on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues, and reached an eightpoint consensus. The consensus includes: advancing a constructive strategic stability relationship based on respect, fairness, and equality; mutually supporting the hosting of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Informal Meeting and the G20 Summit; reaching common ground on issues such as the Iranian nuclear issue and access to international waterways; affirming the role of the ChinaU.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism and promoting the implementation of relevant tariff reductions and economic and trade arrangements. The two sides also noted progress in cooperation on drug control law enforcement, and decided to establish channels for dialogue on artificial intelligence and incident communication; the U.S. side also welcomed the arrival in the United States of a pair of giant pandas lent by China to the Atlanta Zoo. In addition, the two militaries agreed to sign as soon as possible a memorandum of understanding to strengthen crisis communication and prevention, and to continue cooperating in searching for the remains of missing U.S. military personnel in China.