By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MARI YAMAGUCHI AND AAMER MADHANI | Associated Press | Published: April 16, 2021 WASHINGTON Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for a strong alliance with the United States on Friday as he headed into Joe Biden s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president, a meeting underscoring Biden s emphasis on alliances to deal with an increasingly assertive China. Biden and Suga also were looking to counter messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline, after the political turmoil and international withdrawal that marked Donald Trump s presidency. The Biden administration calls managing U.S. policies toward the Indo-Pacific, where China under Xi is flexing growing economic and military power, the primary challenge for the United States. That helped guide Biden s decision, announced this week, to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and free the administration to focus more on East Asi
Japan s prime minister meets with Biden, urges strong alliance to counter China
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The visit on Friday was Biden’s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling democracy the foundation for global prosperity, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday in a bid to underscore the two countries alliance as a counter to an autocratic and increasingly assertive China.
The visit was Biden s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
Suga and Biden, meeting around a table in the state dining room in a visit modified by White House precautions against the coronavirus, are seeking to challenge messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline, after the political turmoil and international withdrawal that marked Donald Trump’s presidency.
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MARI YAMAGUCHI and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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Show Transcript So today we re announcing a new competitive and reliance partnership core between Japan and the United States that will enhance our ability, enhance our ability to meet the pressing challenges of our time together, meet those challenges. Top of our agenda is, of course, getting the pandemic under control and helping our friends and neighbors throughout the end of pacific region to recover.
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