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U.S. President Joe Biden has stressed that a "thaw" in relations with China would occur soon. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met Thursday with Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Washington, the first bilateral cabinet-level encounter since an American fighter jet downed a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina in February.

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