but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
policy has not changed and that the united states strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the taiwan strait. i m joined by isabel hilton, founder of the on profit organisation, china dialogue. it is the fifth time that they have spoken sincejoe biden became president but as i said they had not spoken forfour months. president but as i said they had not spoken for four months. what did you make of the tone of the readout that we have had from the two sides? i think it is or was interesting to see how much the readout coincide and there really is not a lot of overlap here. the readouts are essentially talking to domestic audiences on both sides. xi xinping s readout is a stern warning to united states about interference in taiwan. and president biden s readout substantially was a stern warning to china about ukraine,
cuban missile crisis to do that kind of crisis management. i cuban missile crisis to do that kind of crisis management. of crisis management. i want to combat that of crisis management. i want to combat that point of crisis management. i want to combat that point very - of crisis management. i want to combat that point very shortly. | of crisis management. i want to i combat that point very shortly. let me bring in reassure on this. let me bring in reassure on this. let me bring in rena shah on this. he was it the once nancy pelosi to go to taiwan? i was it the once nancy pelosi to go to taiwan? to taiwan? i suspect that this is a lot to do with to taiwan? i suspect that this is a lot to do with legacy to taiwan? i suspect that this is a lot to do with legacy these - to taiwan? i suspect that this is a lot to do with legacy these days. | lot to do with legacy these days. look, this is a moment that is fundamentally very embarrassing for our nation on the world stage bec
explaining why the united states tried to dissuade and how the united states tried to dissuade russia going through the sanctions. and essentially laying out to china that if china were to do a similar thing in taiwan, similar results would follow. so there is slightly, shall we say, threatening tone to this on both sides and you can clearly see what was on the mind of each of the leaders and there is not a lot of rinse and tear. leaders and there is not a lot of rinse and tear. the united states sa s its rinse and tear. the united states says its policy rinse and tear. the united states says its policy towards rinse and tear. the united states says its policy towards taiwan . says its policy towards taiwan has not changed. but the official decision of the united states is that they would only recognise taiwan unofficially. if you send the house speaker, third in line, to taiwan, does that to you suggest a change in policy? h0 taiwan, does that to you suggest a change in policy?
nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest ranking us politician to travel to taiwan since 1997. for which china has warned there will be dramatic consequences. translation: we have repeatedly stated our solemn position that we are firmly opposed to speaker pelosi s visit to taiwan. if the us pushes ahead and challenges china s bottom line it will inevitably face countermeasures. oversight will face all the consequences arises therefrom. president biden did not mention the phone call at his press conference this afternoon, but the white house did post an official read out of what was discussed. on taiwan, it said, president biden underscored that the united states