FAIRBANKS, Alaska: United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will become the first member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet to visit Southeast ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska: United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will become the first member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet to visit Southeast Asia this week, seeking to emphasise the importance Washington places on fortifying ties in the region while pushing back against China.
His trip follows the first visit by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to China on Sunday and Monday and coincides with a trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to India, another important partner in US efforts to counter Beijing. Austin had been due to visit the region in June, but was forced to postpone due to COVID-19 restrictions in Singapore.So far the Biden administration has broadly sought to rally allies and partners to form a united front against what it says are China's increasingly coercive economic and foreign policies.
The US Navy has maintained a steady pattern of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea and near Taiwan but these appear to have done little to discourage Beijing.
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