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Biden Administration Lays Out its Asia Strategy

Long on rhetoric, short on trade

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Philip Bowring
Feb 15, 2022
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The Biden White House has issued its strategy outline for the Asia-Pacific Region. But while the paper is long on platitudes about re-engagement, it is short on specifics and addresses one element – strengthening the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – which seems pure fantasy.

It delivers an unusually belligerent challenge to Beijing, charging that…

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