US President Joe Biden said Washington is considering lifting sanctions against Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu. He announced this at a press conference after the G7 summit in Hiroshima. CNN.
“This is currently being discussed,” he said, answering a related question.
Biden stressed that the United States will not lift the ban on the supply of technology and materials to China to develop its military potential.
Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declarationThat Washington will expand its presence in the Indo-Pacific region and confront China.
Blinken described China’s actions as the most serious “geopolitical challenge” facing the United States.
Journalist Federico Giuliani wrote for InsideOver that Russia has become part of a “bloc” in the Indo-Pacific region that poses a threat to the United States.
The New York Times wrote that the most important arms race since the Second World War began in Asia. The newspaper draws attention to the fact that the countries of the Indo-Pacific region are preparing for war, but they hope to prevent it.