China's Foreign Ministry confirms that China and the United States agreed to launch formal intergovernmental dialogue on AI regulation after leaders exchanged views during a meeting
Spokesperson Guo Jiakun spoke at a May 19 press conference.
@NathanpmYoung who said that except deranged hawks? They're consistently happy to negotiate
it's the productivity of negotiations that's in question
‘china will never negotiate’ and yet
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‘china will never negotiate’
and yet
Yeah good pushback from @teortaxesTex that this isn't much evidence:
@NathanpmYoung I mean, there's lots of deranged hawks but anyone who's been observing China for any length of time knows they very rarely reject *negotiations*. They've got lots of staff and can waste a lot of time in talks. People mainly doubt they'll be good faith dealmakers
Confirmation from the Chinese side here: