{"id":96447,"date":"2021-03-20T10:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=96447"},"modified":"2021-03-20T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T07:13:13","slug":"u-s-china-alaska-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-china-alaska-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Expectations from U.S-China Alaska meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The world leaders are looking at the U.S-China Alaska meet as a starting point to restore normalcy between the two countries. Moreover, their relationship reached has its lowest level since the Nixon era. It is primarily due to rising assertiveness and mistrust between the countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the US held meetings with South Korea and Japan, followed by the QUAD summit. The outcomes included a commitment for an American pushback to China and the maintenance of a free Indo-Pacific.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now, the country is now focusing on improving its relationship with China by conducting a meeting of foreign ministers in Alaska, U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The relationship between the two had declined during the Trump era. This decline was the result of trade tariffs, tech espionage, Chinese maritime actions, U.S. sanctions on China, and other issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Expectations from U.S-China Alaska Meet<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, the US will discuss critical issues like:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s crackdown in Xinjiang and Hong Kong\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese aggression against U.S. allies and partners including<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressure on Australia over trade bans\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aggression against Japan in the Senkaku islands<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese intrusion in India along LAC<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, China would be focusing on reversing trump era policies that include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removal of US trade sanctions and visa bans<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removal of restrictions on American firms manufacturing in China<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reopening of its consulate in Houston, U.S<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, a future meeting of country heads can also be scheduled.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Significance of U.S-China Alaska meet:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expectation of any major breakthrough from the meeting is very low. However, the occurrence of the meeting itself <\/span><b>showcases a will to resolve differences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, the <\/span><b>cooperation could end the Cold War<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the two which can help tackle global issues like Climate Change and COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, the U.S.-China tariff war could <\/span><b>cost the world $600 billion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as per World Economic Forum\u2019s estimate. The collaboration can ensure a swift global economic recovery. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting could<\/span><b> help in resolving the Afghanistan puzzle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by encouraging proactive communication among the Troika (U.S, China, Russia) in future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G218D0AQM.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The world leaders are looking at the U.S-China Alaska meet as a starting point to restore normalcy between the two countries. Moreover, their relationship reached has its lowest level since the Nixon era. It is primarily due to rising assertiveness and mistrust between the countries.\u00a0 Background: Recently, the US held meetings with South Korea&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-china-alaska-meet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Expectations from U.S-China Alaska meet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1333],"class_list":["post-96447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704712657},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}