{"id":33197,"date":"2026-10-06T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33197"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:04:21","slug":"us-china-in-talks-for-reciprocal-visits-to-nuclear-sites-in-bid-to-build-trust-prevent-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33197","title":{"rendered":"US, China in talks for reciprocal visits to nuclear sites in bid to build trust, prevent arms race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134739232,imgsize-69524,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/134739232.jpg\" alt=\"US, China in talks for reciprocal visits to nuclear sites in bid to build trust, prevent arms race\" title=\"The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters).\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters).\">The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, amid efforts to build mutual trust and prevent an arms race between the rivals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>According to a Tuesday report by CNN, the US plans to continue pushing for that possibility during in-person meetings in the coming months.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Additionally, the US would be open to discussing visits to nuclear testing sites, a source told CNN.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The US is reportedly concerned about China\u2019s rapidly growing nuclear weapons program. Furthermore, the USA&#8217;s last remaining arms control agreement with Russia expired in 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The efforts to establish a trilateral agreement with China and Russia began in President Donald Trump\u2019s initial term, but largely went in vain, with China and Russia largely ignoring the US outreach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Beijing has maintained that its nuclear arsenal is much smaller than those of Russia and the US, and argues that this makes its involvement in such negotiations unnecessary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>However, according to CNN, the current idea of reciprocal visits was initially raised by Beijing as an indication of openness to confidence-building measures. The discussions have been at the working level between American and Chinese officials, on the sidelines of gatherings by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Former acting assistant secretary of state Paul Dean, who oversaw US arms control efforts, told CNN that the administration should enter any nuclear talks with China with its &#8220;eyes wide open.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>He added, however, that reciprocal visits would be &#8220;an extremely valuable confidence-building measure&#8221; and could build the informational and diplomatic groundwork for further efforts to reduce nuclear risk between the two nations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>&#8220;This is a very dangerous time, and there are very few guardrails in place on the US-China nuclear relationship,&#8221; said Dean, who is now a vice president at the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>A further Trump-Xi meeting this year is widely seen as likely, possibly at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China in November or at the Group of 20 meetings in the US in December.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>According to the official quoted by CNN, lower-level talks on possible nuclear site visits are expected to take place before the two leaders meet again.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/us-china-in-talks-for-reciprocal-visits-to-nuclear-sites-in-bid-to-build-trust-prevent-arms-race\/articleshow\/134739232.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters). The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, amid efforts to build mutual trust and prevent an arms race between the rivals.According to a Tuesday report by CNN, the US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/134739232.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China\u2019s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters). 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