Marco Rubio on the banks of ASEAN talks to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. world News
Kuala Lumpur: US State Secretary Marco Rubio On Friday, he will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Ji on the banks of ASEAN talks in Malaysia, where Washington’s tariffs are in fast focus.Rubio and Wang’s first face-to-face meeting has returned to the office of US President Donald Trump as Washington and Beijing are closed in controversies from trade to Taiwan and both powers are for greater impact in the region.Rubio, for a long time China Hawk, and in Wang Kuala Lumpur have been for the gathering of Foreign Ministers of Southeast Asian countries, which are also participating in Japan, South Korea and Australia and other nations.US officials said Rubio was “prioritizing” its commitment to East and Southeast Asia before Rubio’s state secretary. Rubio said that the United States on Thursday had no intention of leaving the Asia-Pacific region. ‘Unavoidable relationship’ But the US Tariff has taken care of the conference, and Rubio has sought to demolish the Asian trade partners, stating that the talks were going on and may be “better” rates than the rest of the world. Trump has threatened 20 to 50 percent of punitive tariffs compared to more than 20 countries, many of them in Asia if they do not deal with Washington until 1 August.It included a long -time American colleague Japan, which faced 25 percent of the board levy, which is different from the same fee for cars, steel and aluminum already installed. Seoul faced a similar tariff percentage.Earlier on Friday, Rubio met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, his spokesperson Tami Bruce called it a “unavoidable relationship”.However, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said this week said that the tariff was being used as “sharp equipment of geo -political rivalry”.Wang said on Thursday that the US tariff drive “reduces the free trade system”.Wang said, “High tariffs on Cambodia and South East Asian countries are an attempt to deprive all parties of the United States of their legitimate rights for development.”The tension between Washington and Beijing took over Trump in January, the two countries sent duties on each other’s exports on each other’s exports, along with engaging in a tariff war. At one point, the United States hit China with an additional levy of 145 percent on its goods, as both sides were engaged in tight-for-tat escalation. China’s counselor reached 125 percent on American goods.Beijing and Washington agreed to temporarily slash their shocking high tariffs in May – a result Trump termed “total reset”.
Taiwan, South China Sea
Before becoming the Secretary of State in January, Rubio was already one of the most vocal critics of China on the American political platform for several years.Rubio and Wang are likely to discuss American concerns over China’s expansionist behavior in the South China Sea and the growing military pressure on Taiwan.China claims the Democratic Self-Economic Island as part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control.Like most countries, there are no formal diplomatic relations with the island of Washington. However, the United States is Taiwan’s largest arms supplier and has shown increasing support for Taipei in front of the growing military pressure of Beijing on the island in recent years.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused of “preparing to use military force to change the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region” in late May. He also claimed that Beijing “every day” trains to attack Taiwan. In response, Chinese diplomats accused the United States of using Taiwan’s issue and “involved China” and called Washington to stop “playing with fire”.
