The United States has no intentions of lifting the sanctions imposed on Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, a State Department spokesperson said on May 22.
The spokesperson’s comments seem to retract those made by President Joe Biden during the G-7 leaders’ summit in Japan on May 21, when he said the idea of easing Li’s sanctions was “under negotiation right now.”
Biden also said the bilateral relationship between the United States and China would “begin to thaw very shortly.”
Speaking to reporters, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was asked whether Washington was considering lifting sanctions against Li to facilitate negotiations with China. He responded, “No, we are not.”…