“I want to see China’s economic success,” says Biden Evelyn Hockstein/Portal September 10, 2023
O President of the United States, Joe Bidenexplained this Sunday (10) that its efforts to improve Relationship with China they are sincere. He guarantees that he has no intention of isolating the world’s second largest economy.
“I want to see China succeed economically as long as it plays by the rules of the game,” Biden said during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. In his speech he reveals that he met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang during this time G20 summit in India.
Biden also explained that Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently facing economic difficulties due to a change in his policies. “I don’t think China’s economic problems will cause them to invade Taiwan, but they could reduce their capacity,” he says.
The North American leader also emphasizes that he will not sell materials that increase China’s weapons production capacity. The speech comes after Vietnam expanded its ties with the US to become “comprehensive strategic partners” on the same level as China and Russia.
Visit strategy
Biden arrived in Vietnam this Sunday (10) for a twoday visit to strengthen diplomatic relations with the country to counter China’s influence in the region. From the airport he went to the presidential palace in Hanoi, where Vietnam’s top official, Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party, was preparing a welcoming ceremony.
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The two will meet later at the Vietnam Communist Party office. Tomorrow (11), Biden has scheduled a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, with whom he will also take part in a meeting with businessmen. A lunch with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong is also planned.
The United States and Vietnam normalized diplomatic relations in 1994 after major efforts to overcome the wounds of the Vietnam War (19551975), in which the communist government in northern Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, pitted itself against the regime in the south took over the country. , supported by the United States.
No, Biden is seeking to sign an agreement making the US and Vietnam “strategic partners,” a goal that Washington has been working on for a decade but that Hanoi had not yet accepted for fear of provoking China. This new chapter in U.S.Vietnam relations comes at a time when both countries face increasing tensions with China.
Specifically, Biden sees China as the US’s biggest competitor, while Vietnam is concerned about Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which is crucial for international trade.