Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Southeast Asian counterparts in Indonesia as the U.S. seeks to bolster its regional ties amid China tensions.
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, were cautious about Blinken’s entreaties, open to the United States but making no commitments to turning their back on Washington’s rivals. Still, many have been frustrated by China’s expansive claims over the“We are not choosing sides.
But some choices may be unavoidable, as China, the United States and others increasingly erect trade barriers against each other that affect other economic partners as well. “If the U.S. and China are de-risking, decoupling — however you want to call it, it’s happening — as international rules get more and more fragmented, these middle countries have to figure out how they navigate that space,” said Satu Limaye, vice president of the East-West Center, a think tank.
“There is no greater challenge to that common security” of the United States, Japan and South Korea, Blinken said, “than the ongoing provocations coming from North Korea.”
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