President Joe Biden will host the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House on Friday for the first in-person meeting of 'The Quad,' an informal group of countries that many see as an effort to push back against China's influence
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House on Friday for the first in-person meeting of"The Quad," an informal group of countries that many see as an effort to push back against China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region -- and one that Beijing has criticized as representing a Cold War mentality.
A senior administration official said the timing of the meeting was a"clear and emblematic indication" that the US was"doubling down on diplomacy" and moving in the direction for the country that Biden laid out in his speech to the United Nations earlier this week.
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