00:00U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi earlier today at the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Minister Summit.
00:09The talks come as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes ahead with new tariffs, with China warning Washington against reinstating steep levies on its goods next month.
00:19Following the meeting, Rubio said the odds for a summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were high.
00:25He described talks with Wang Yi as constructive and positive, but admitted that they were still issues the two countries disagreed on.
00:34It was their first in-person meeting since Rubio took his current post in January.
00:39Their meeting took place less than 24 hours after Rubio sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss peace negotiations in Ukraine.
00:49He also held meetings with other counterparts from Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia.
00:55His visit comes amid renewed concerns over U.S. tariffs, which now include new levies on eight Southeast Asian nations.
01:03Rubio yesterday stressed that ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific is a focal point of U.S. foreign policy
01:08and that it has no intention of abandoning its ASEAN partners.
01:13He's on the moment.
01:19Additionally, let us remember Prophet expertise is a reduction of quarantine, and an effort to understand the suction station.
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