U.S.-China Business Council head: High-level meeting unlikely in near term

A high-level U.S.-China meeting is not likely to take place early in President-elect Joe Biden’s term, U.S.-China Business Council President Craig Allen argued on Thursday, pointing to the pandemic and the lack of a confirmed Cabinet as the major obstacles. A potential in-person meeting is “more in the rumor stage right now rather than hard-planning stage,” Allen told reporters during a virtual press conference. Myron Brilliant, executive vice president and head of international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,...