WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States and China on Monday held rare talks on nuclear arms control, a new step to ease mistrust ahead of an expected presidential summit next week.

The talks — the first meeting specifically on nuclear arms between the two powers since the administration of former president Barack Obama — come as Washington voices alarm over Beijing's growing nuclear arsenal.

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