a senior fellow at the University of Southern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and former commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

and can be frank and forthright with each other.Hes not gonna be afraid to confront where confrontation is needed on certain issues where we dont see eye to eye with President Xi and the PRC.

that has to take place at the very top so the stakes really just couldnt be higher.What were trying to do is change the relationship for the better.A senior administration official told reporters Wednesday after the talks that the U.

we had no way really to communicate with the Chinese.Diplomatic lines of communication have continued.

will engage with his Chinese counterparts.

were reassuming military-to-military contact.Elizabeth Napolitano contributed to this report.

citing potential safety concerns after FDA investigators found insanitary conditions.require much finer oversight on the manufacturing side in order to ensure that theres no contamination whatsoever.

including store-brand products sold at retailers such as CVS.according to a news release posted Wednesday by the agency.