Archiv: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)
BREAKING: Bay Area residents have SHUT DOWN the Bay Bridge to demand ceasefire while @POTUS Biden visits San Francisco. #BayArea #CeasefireNow #BidenHarrisCeasefireNOW #APEC
NO GALA FOR GENOCIDE! Last night, as Biden visited San Francisco for the APEC Summit, attendees were forced to step over bodies symbolizing the 11,000+ Gazans who have been murdered by U.S. weapons recently. #No2APEC
APEC-Gipfel endet im Streit
Es reichte nicht einmal für eine gemeinsame Abschlusserklärung: Der APEC-Gipfel in Papua-Neuguinea ist im Dissens auseinandergegangen.
APEC 2018: Mike Pence announces US-Australia military pact to expand PNG naval base
The United States will join forces with Australia in the development of a new naval base to be built in Papua New Guinea, US Vice President Mike Pence has announced.
Mr Pence told an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting the US will contribute to the expansion of the Manus Island facility.
P.M. Tuilaepa and President Xi in talks
Twenty-four hours after the meeting between the Chinese president and the Pacific leaders, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told the 2018 APEC CEO Summit in Port Moresby that America does not want countries in the Indo-Pacific region to fall into the Chinese debt diplomacy, and instead choose U.S. development financing.
“We don’t drown our partners in a sea of debt. We don’t coerce or compromise your independence. We do not offer a constricting belt or a one-way road,” he said, before announcing that the U.S. will partner with Australia and P.N.G. to build a naval base on Manus Island IN P.N.G.
Der Dealmaker ist außen vor
Die EU reagiert darauf, indem sie verspricht, beim Ausbau der »Konnektivität« einem »europäischen Weg« zu folgen, der – in angeblichem Unterschied zum »chinesischen Weg«, suggerieren EU-Vertreter – »nachhaltig« und »regelbasiert« sei und die unterstützten Länder keinesfalls in die Schuldenfalle treibe. Das sind die üblichen PR-Phrasen, mit denen Brüssel seit je für sich wirbt und die es jetzt auch auf dem Asem-Gipfel stolz vor sich hergetragen hat. Worte sind schon immer die Stärke der EU gewesen, Taten nicht unbedingt.
INSIGHTS into the WORLD / What the ‘Indo-Pacific’ means for Japan
The Australian government adopted the “Indo-Pacific” term in 2012 as a pivotal idea in its diplomacy. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used the same term for the first time in August 2016 during the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), held in Nairobi, when he unveiled a “free and open Indo-Pacific strategy.”