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As tensions between the US and China are rising, the two countries agree to hold high-level talks next week, and attention is also drawing on the topic of the talks.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Communist Party diplomatic politician Yang Jietsu and Wang Yi, Chinese diplomatic affairs officer and foreign affairs minister in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th. It’s been eight months since Donald Trump’s former administration’s chief representatives’ meeting.
On the 10th (local time), the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted a remark from a senior official. Said that it would be a’unclear embargo’ imposed by China on Australia.
The official said the United States will also discuss China’s intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer and human rights, and China’s (trade) practices, where American workers and farmers suffer damage.
The WSJ said that the talks “was formed as the outlines of the Biden administration’s public policy were embodied.”
Earlier, at a hearing on the House Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary Blincoln said of the meeting “it’s simple. It’s an important opportunity to honestly explain the many concerns the United States has about China’s actions.”
“We are going to raise a lot of issues,” Blincoln added. “We will look for ways to cooperate with China.”
Prior to this, on the 12th, President Biden will hold a quad summit meeting, which is a council of four countries including Japan, Australia and India.
The WSJ cited comments from government officials, saying that at the summit, an agreement will be reached to significantly increase India’s COVID-19 vaccine capabilities. It then highlighted India, which is in a vaccination competition with China, saying that (India) vaccines will be provided to other countries in Asia.
Secretary of Defense Blincoln and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visit Japan and South Korea in sequence. The two ministers visit Japan from the 16th to the 17th and Korea from the 17th to the 18th to hold a ‘2+2 meeting’, which is a meeting of foreign and defense ministers.
In this regard, the State Department explained that it would be the first overseas visit by the Secretary of State and Defense, and it was intended to emphasize the US commitment to security in the region.
It is interpreted that the United States holding such a series of meetings ahead of high-level talks with China is intended to press China through its unity with its allies and to listen to the opinions of its allies before the talks.