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Rubio to Meet China’s Wang Yi in Kuala Lumpur as Trade Tensions Escalate

Rubio will gauge whether U.S. tariff threats can be reconciled with China’s regional security ambitions.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025. MANDEL NGAN/Pool via REUTERS
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025

Overview

  • This marks the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Wang Yi since Rubio’s January inauguration.
  • Trade disputes will dominate the agenda with Rubio pressing China over threatened tariff reinstatements by August and Beijing’s retaliation against U.S. supply-chain deals.
  • Rubio intends to address U.S. concerns about China’s military pressure on Taiwan and its support for Russia in the Ukraine war.
  • Washington aims to leverage the ASEAN and East Asia Summits to project U.S. reliability and counter China’s regional influence.
  • The talks follow a short-lived May agreement to reset tariffs that unraveled as both sides threatened fresh import curbs.