{"id":5591,"date":"2025-07-11T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:17:00","slug":"u-s-secretary-of-state-rubio-met-with-chinese-fm-yi-in-kuala-lumpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5591","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Secretary of State Rubio met with Chinese FM Yi in Kuala Lumpur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Kuala Lumpur. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, their first in-person meeting at a time of simmering trade tensions between the two major powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Washington&#8217;s top diplomat is in Malaysia on his first trip to Asia since taking office, attending the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum alongside counterparts from Japan, China, South Korea, Russia, Australia, India, the European Union and Southeast Asian states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">His meeting with Wang comes amid escalating friction globally over U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u00a0tariffs offensive, with China this week\u00a0warning\u00a0the United States against reinstating hefty levies on its goods next month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Beijing has also threatened to\u00a0retaliate\u00a0against nations that strike deals with the United States to cut China out of supply chains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Rubio&#8217;s visit is part of an effort to renew U.S. focus on the Indo-Pacific region and look beyond conflicts in the Middle East and Europe that have consumed much of the Trump administration&#8217;s attention. &#8211; Reuters\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_250711_135904_916.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur. 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