The Trump administration in recent years has stepped up efforts to contain China’s rise, warning Asia’s leaders against taking its cash and using its equipment for 5G networks. But when it comes to the region’s biggest summit, the U.S. is happy to let Beijing take center stage.
President Donald Trump plans to skip the 18-nation East Asia Summit for the third straight year, and this time he’s not even sending Vice President Mike Pence or Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to replace him. Instead the U.S. will have its lowest level representation at the meeting since Barack Obama formally joined the group in 2011, with new national security adviser Robert O’Brien leading the delegation to Bangkok.
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WNU Editor: It looks like U.S. foreign policy is taking a back seat to impeachment and the run-up to the 2020 elections.
ReplyDelete"It looks like U.S. foreign policy is taking a back seat to impeachment and the run-up to the 2020 elections."
And the Democrats want that for all policy including economic and everything else.
If Democrats can't govern, they will make sure their political opposition cannot.
Trump's fault for sure with his dumb and not well thought out embargoes.
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noun
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
"an embargo on grain sales"
verb
impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
"the country has been virtually embargoed by most of the noncommunist world"
tar·iff
noun
a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
What Trump has done that is new is enacted tariffs against China. This is long overdue.
Obama signs off on sanctions against Venezuela | Miami Herald
Trump added to them.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article4636689.html
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ReplyDeleteBob = Genius. You should read his posts more carefully and intelligently.
Lol
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Well, Trump, as a business man, just doesn't care about sign or symbol (and that's wrong) but believe about action and there is none in this kind of meeting.
ReplyDeleteI'm not that sure that Trump is "crazy" about his re-election. Of course he prefers to win because he his a winner, but that's it.