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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi connected Friday (February 13, 2026) connected the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference astatine a clip of heightened Washington-Beijing tensions.
The talks, which lasted an hr according to Rubio's team, came conscionable days aft U.S. President Donald Trump said helium would big Chinese President Xi Jinping astatine the White House toward the extremity of the year, notably to sermon commercialized issues.
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Wang met astatine a large edifice successful the Bavarian capital, shaking hands but not speaking to reporters. Washington and Beijing person been locked successful a standoff implicit tariffs since Mr. Trump returned to powerfulness past year.
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Wang held a one-on-one gathering successful Malaysia successful July and person spoken respective times by phone.
Mr. Rubio is acceptable to clasp a bid of meetings, including Friday (February 13, 2026), with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, earlier delivering a much-anticipated code connected Saturday.
The gathering comes arsenic the CIA expanded a propulsion to enlistee spies with a caller Chinese-language video released Thursday (February 12) that seeks to people disaffected subject officers.
Beijing said Friday (February 13) it would instrumentality "all indispensable measures" against overseas espionage attempts.
