2024-08-27 10:36:00
it’s US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrives in Beijing. This is the first visit to China by a US national security adviser since 2016, since the days of Susan Rice, since the Obama administration. Sullivan is scheduled for a three-day mission, until Wednesday, and was welcomed in Beijing by the head of the Department for North American and Oceanic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yang Tao, and by the US ambassador, Nicholas Burns. Discussions with the head of diplomacy, Wang Yi, are expected.
Topics on the agenda
At the top of the agenda are the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the ‘rough waters’ of the South China Sea and the Taiwan issue, in addition to the tariff bill.
In the background there are tensions in the region. The Philippines, an ally of the US, this morning urged the international community to take strong action against China for its “provocation” in the disputed South China Sea. China “is the biggest distraction for international peace in the ASEAN region – Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro said, during a press conference organized by the US command for the Indo-Pacific – The destroyer is a strong collective action against China. ” .
According to Teodoro, “a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning China and ordering it to stop” would be an option, but not an easy one. “The world is not perfect,” he said, amid continued tensions in disputed areas in the South China Sea, following months of ‘incidents’ in those waters between Philippine and Chinese units.
Tension also with Japan, an ally of the USA, which yesterday announced that it has brought its jets into flight, which opposes the – prepare – intrusion into its air by a Chinese military aircraft.
To counter China’s influence and strengthen maritime cooperation in the South China Sea, US President Joe Biden hosted an unprecedented tripartite summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last April at the White House.
China threatens countermeasures against Canada’s tariffs on electric vehicles
On future projects, Meanwhile, Beijing is threatening countermeasures following Canada’s decision to impose 100% duties on imports of electric vehicles. from China starting on October 1st. For Beijing, Ottawa violated the rules of the WTO, the World Trade Organization, and Canada’s move would be a “typical trade defense and political decision” that harms Canadians themselves and the fight against climate change. Already in May the US has imposed 100% tariffs on electric cars from China, then in June it was the turn of the EU, with different tariffs depending on the Chinese supplier.
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