白宫：美中之间问题大了去了

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(1) 莉雅, 白宫：美中之间问题大了去了. VOA Chinese, Mar 30, 2017
www.voachinese.com/a/us-china-ha ... 170330/3789831.html
("在距离川习会4月6日在马阿拉歌举行的一个星期前，华盛顿和北京同时正式发表了简短的声明。 * * * [白宫发言人] 斯派塞说: ' * * * 他 [川普总统] 与习主席通了几次话，但是我们有大的问题，从南中国海到贸易到朝鲜。有很大的国家与经济安全问题需要处理")

Note: "我们有大的问题" underlies the title of the VOA report.

(2)
(a) Press release: Statement by the Press Secretary on the Visit of President Xi Jinping of China. White House, Mar 30, 2017
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-p ... nt-xi-jinping-china
("President Donald J Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago April 6–7, 2017.  This will be the first meeting between President Trump and President Xi.  The two leaders will discuss global, regional, and bilateral issues of mutual concern.  The President and the First Lady will also host President Xi and Madame Peng Liyuan at a dinner on the evening of April 6")
(b) Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 3/30/2017, #32. White House, Mar 30, 2017 (starting 1:57 PM EDT).
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-p ... n-spicer-3302017-32
("He's [Trump has] spoken to him [Xi] on the phone a few times.  But we have big problems, and -- I mean, everything from the South China Sea, to trade, to North Korea.  There are big issues of national and economic security that need to get addressed * * * There's a lot of big things that we need to accomplish with China")


the pertinent portion:

(i) prologue: "This morning, we announced that the President will host President Xi of China at Mar-a-Lago on April 6th and 7th.  The President looks forward to meeting with President Xi and exchanging views on each other’s respective priorities and to chart a way forward on a bilateral relationship between our two nations.  They will discuss the issues of mutual concern, including North Korea, trade, and regional security.

(b) Q&A:

"[MR SPICER:] Jessica.

Q    Thank you, Sean.  Thank you for announcing the visit of the Chinese President.  I have a couple of questions about that visit, if you’d entertain me.  Can you talk about the location and how it was chosen for this visit?

MR SPICER:  There is, as you can imagine, on any trip, no matter who the foreign leader is, there's a lot of discussion that goes back and forth between the White House, the State Department and the equivalents of the other head of governments, their appropriate counterparts.  And those are the kind of things that go back and forth in terms of how long, the activities, what will be discussed.  Every single thing is discussed on both sides.  

And so that was a long and ongoing negotiation with the government of China and with their representatives lasting several weeks now.

Q    So how did you arrive at Mar-a-Lago as opposed to the White House?

MR SPICER:  I'm not going to get into the back and forth.  I would just suggest to you that both sides discussed various locations and topics and agendas and length, et cetera, and aspects to the trip.  And this is what we’ve arrived at.

Q    So what is the goal for the White House to accomplish during the visit?  

MR SPICER:  Well, I think there's a few things.  One is, I think this is an opportunity for President Trump to develop a relationship in person with President Xi.  He's spoken to him on the phone a few times.  But we have big problems, and -- I mean, everything from the South China Sea, to trade, to North Korea.  There are big issues of national and economic security that need to get addressed, and I think there's going to be a lot on the table when it comes to that over the two days that they will talk.  

Q    And lastly, the Chinese are expecting the White House to provide some sort of framework for the relationship to be viewed for.  Are you prepared for that?  And can you talk a little bit about what that framework might be?

MR SPICER:  Can you expand on that a little?

Q Kind of put a floor under the relationship, looking for how to view the relationship.  Obviously, you had the rebalance and the pivot in the prior administration.  Is there a tagline or a vision for US-China relations that you will roll out during this visit?

MR SPICER:  We'll see.  I'm not -- if you have any hashtags, let me know.  But I think right now we're not worried so much about slogans as much as progress.  There's a lot of big things that we need to accomplish with China, and I think that we will work on them.