BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China are “talking past each other” on key issues, according to a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Beijing on Tuesday — the first visit from the House of Representatives to China since 2019. We’re still sort of talking past each other,” Smith said Tuesday. Smith said he saw room for cooperation between the U.S. and China on issues such as combating poverty and public health crises. The visit angered Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary. President Donald Trump said he would meet with Xi at a regional summit in South Korea in late October and visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a lengthy phone call between the two on Friday.