Aircraft carriers the USS Ronald Reagan (bottom) and USS Nimitz were both recently deployed for drills in the South China Sea. Image: Handout/US Navy
Washington Examiner: Trump adviser tells allies Biden will ‘stand up to China’
President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy team will stand by the “bipartisan consensus” about the threats emanating from China, according to one of President Trump’s top advisers.
“We’ve got such a series of unfair and difficult conduct on behalf of the Chinese that there’s a bipartisan consensus in America that we have to stand up to China,” White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said while traveling this week in the Philippines.
O’Brien, who highlighted a donation of “precision-guided missiles and munitions” to help the Philippine Armed Forces fight against the Islamic State’s East Asia offshoot, reiterated that Biden will enjoy a “professional” transfer of power “if the courts don’t rule in President Trump’s favor.” And he noted that some of that litigation is still pending.
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Update #1: A final push: In Manila, a Trump adviser sets the stage for Joe Biden (Rappler)
Update #2: The Biden administration and the South China Sea (Asia Times)
Update #3: How Biden Should Handle the South China Sea Disputes (War On The Rocks)
WNU Editor: I do not share White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien's confidence that a Biden administration will follow President Trump's policies toward China, especially on tariffs and trade .... Most U.S. companies optimistic about doing business in China after Biden's win, survey finds (CNBC).
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