"If I want you to be my slave and you don't comply, it's your fault if there's any conflict because there would be none if you just did what I say."
That's what it's come down to. The US and the West cannot show weakness and compromise is weakness. The point is of these meetings is so the US and the West can establish to the world they're the ones that want peace but it comes at a cost for only the Chinese which is what they don't say out loud. You had a Canadian official recently go to China with hopes that is was a sign of a thawing but now they're following the US with a 100% tariff on EVs. Not a good sign of better relations.
So what happened at this meeting? It went something like Canada gave China ultimatums of what China and only China had to do to improve relations. China didn't go for it. Slap 100% tariffs on EVs. It was already a show of weakness that they went to China because they need China to buy their crap and obey and follow the Western world order. They tried to be "nice" by asking for China to voluntarily to be their slaves so they don't look bad for wanting a slave but China refused. It's China's fault if any conflict arises because they didn't comply. Compromise is I get something... you get something in return. The West can't do that because they see the end coming for them. What is the end? The end is the end of the Western dominated world. That's why they can't compromised when their goal is making sure they're in control of it.