The Biden administration has unveiled a broad-ranging plan to thwart China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, singling out the “economic coercion” of Australia as one of the reasons for the US to bolster its presence in the region.
Joe Biden with Xi Jinping, pictured in 2013 when Biden was US vice-president.It also commits to expanding the United States’ diplomatic presence in the region – particularly in south-east Asia and the Pacific – as well as strengthening ties with the Quad alliance between the US, Australia, India and Japan.
On Saturday, the Associated Press reported the US plans would open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence there before China becomes “strongly embedded”. The reasoning was explained in a State Department notification to Congress that was obtained by the AP.
And in another sign of deepening ties, Biden also announced that the US would host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual meeting next year.
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