Senator Wong will urge the Biden administration to ramp-up economic engagement with Asia, while pressing Beijing to back Mr Biden's call for 'guardrails' to avoid potential US-China conflict.
abc.net.au/news/penny-wong-speech-washington-dc-joe-biden-xi-jinping-/101746318Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a major speech in Washington DC to urge President Joe Biden's administration to ramp-up economic engagement with Asia, while warning that "nationalistic domestic posturing" in both China and the US could fuel a catastrophic conflict.
The foreign minister will also press Beijing to accept Mr Biden's call to put "guardrails" around great power competition, to help ensure it does not spiral into confrontation or war. "We hope that what Kevin Rudd describes as 'the turbocharging of Chinese nationalism' has not made international cooperation impossible."
"Equally, all of us with an interest in a region that respects sovereignty, and is open, stable and prosperous should be clear in our call: that President Biden's course confirms the US desire for stability and that we look to China to meet it.Senator Wong will also ramp-up her calls for the Biden administration not to neglect its economic ties with Asia, suggesting the US is leaning too heavily on its role as a critical security partner in the region.
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