Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, shook hands on October 30 in Busan, South Korea for a highly anticipated meeting, the first since Trump was sworn in as U.S. president again earlier this year.
On the same day, China's Ministry of Commerce unveiled the outcomes achieved by Chinese and U.S. delegations during their recent economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur.
Kishore Mahbubani, former Singaporean ambassador to the UN shared his view on the meeting during an exclusive interview with South on October 30.
The wisest thing that China has done during the trade war with the United States is being patient and responding with precise control measures.
"Clearly, the decision to control the supply of rare earths. I think it has had a sobering effect on the United States, because the United States realizes that they don't have alternative sources for rare earths," said Mahbubani.
He also stressed that China has taken a long view on the trade war with the US and it should be continued to conduct towards the United States.
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