The call, which was expected for Thursday morning, is a "win" for China, Rubio said.
"The phone call itself is a win for Xi, who is facing real political pressure in the lead up to the 20th Party Congress and rising discontent across the country," Rubio said in a statement released by his office Wednesday.
"Under no circumstances should President Biden waive any tariffs, beg Beijing for refined petroleum, or praise Xi's fake climate commitments. Instead, the president needs to make clear his administration will defend Taiwan's sovereignty, strictly enforce my Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and demand the release of all American citizens detained in China."
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Titles for the call were expected to include strains over Taiwan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said managing the competition between the two countries is also expected to be discussed.
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President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a long and open discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as pressures rose between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden's onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship.
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The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit, their first as Xi resists travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic. And certain areas of cooperation, including climate change, were hashed out.
However, the Taiwan issue proved among the most controversial. The issue has emerged as a serious point of conflict, as US officials fear a more imminent Chinese move on the self-governing island and as a potential visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prompts warnings from Beijing and a concerted effort by the Biden administration to prevent tensions from spiraling out of control.
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The matter was discussed at length in the two-hour-and-17-minute phone call Thursday. Xi offered an ominous warning to Biden, according to China's version of events.
"Public opinion shall not be violated, and if you play with fire you get burned. I hope the US side can see this clearly," he told Biden, according to China's state news agency.
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The White House's account of the call was less specific.
"On Taiwan, President Biden underscored that the United States policy has not changed and that the United States strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," a US readout read.
A senior U.S. administration official called the Taiwan discussion "direct and honest" but downplayed Xi's warning, suggesting it was standard for the Chinese leader to alert about the risks of "playing with fire."
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