hello and welcome. a potential visit to taiwan by the us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. officials are concerned the trip may cross red lines for china, and fears there s no potential exit path . beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president shee on thursday for the first time in months. gareth barlow reports. this is taiwan. to beijing it is the breakaway province that must become part of the country, if need be by force. to washington, it s the territory of the us has pledged to help defend, if it ever comes under attack. an island nation of 23 million, at the centre of a struggle between two global superpowers, and it s the potential visit to taiwan by nancy pelosi, second in line to the us presidency, who, if the trip goes ahead, will be the highest ranking american
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. for more, we can speak now to bonnie glaser, political commentator from the german marshall fund. she joins us from washington. thank you so much for talking to the bbc. give us a sense of what is going on in the corridors of power in washington with this potential visit. ~ ~ . visit. well, i think that there are different visit. well, i think that there are different points - visit. well, i think that there are diffe
take a look. president biden: i agree with what chairman powell said last week to number one threat is the in that strength that we feel is inflation. look, i know you got to be frustrated. i know. i can taste it. you take any responsibility? president biden: i think our policies help not hurt but think about what they say. the vast majority of the economists think that this is going to be a real tough problem to solve. but it is not because of spending. sean: i m screaming at the tv. how have they helped, joe? since joe has clearly lost any ability to communicate because of the cognitive the contact allow me to try to translate for him. there s no plan to curb inflation. by the way, it is not transitory either. there s no plan to deliver gas prices. there s no plan to spur on economic growth. or as bloomberg reported, inside the administration, there is a sense of frustration, doom, and some state magical thinking about inflation. magical thinking? we are now on
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