US national security adviser Sha Liven said on Thursday that this new initiative covers global infrastructure, health, health and digital infrastructure, and provides alternatives to China.China said that China welcomes the efforts to promote the development of global infrastructure, but the initiative of Biden is based on a zero -sum game.
(Washington Composite Electric) US President Biden will launch a global infrastructure initiative to check the global influence of China, especially the Pacific region of India.
US National Security Consultant Sarawan said in a forum hosted by the New American Security Center in Washington Think Tank on Thursday that the new initiative covers global infrastructure, health, health and digital infrastructure, and provides alternatives to China.
Bayeng will go to Germany to attend the Seventh -Kingdoms Group (G7) summit from the 26th to 28th of this month. It is expected that he will officially propose this initiative."We want this to become an iconic foreign policy during the remaining term of the Biden government."
The ambitious initiative estimates the total value of hundreds of billions of dollars.As for whoever pays, Shalvin said that it is mainly based on the investment of private companies and the US government's "relatively moderate direct budget allocation".
China said that China welcomes the efforts to promote the development of global infrastructure, but the initiative of Biden is based on a zero -harmony game.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular press conference yesterday: "The United States regards the desire to ignore the common development and win -win cooperation of countries." He said that this will not get any support.
It is planned to propose another new initiative of Pacific island nation next week
The United States is also preparing to propose another new initiative to assist the Pacific Island nation next week to check and balance China's influence in the Pacific region.
Campbell, a coordinator of the White House Indian Affairs, revealed at the same forum that Washington is increasing contact with the Pacific island nation to assist them in responding to various concerns, including relations with the United States, illegal fishing, climate change, etc.
China signed a safety cooperation agreement with the Solomon Islands in April this year; Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited eight island nations in the South Pacific in May and signed a series of bilateral agreements.
Although China has not signed a regional cooperation agreement with the Pacific Island country, China's non -stop diplomatic efforts make the United States and its allies more and more worrying that Beijing will further threaten their strategic interests in the South Pacific.
Campbell said: "This is a region with great strategic significance. The Second World War and the Nuclear Age of Nuclear, we have historical and moral responsibilities ... We are striving to contact the Pacific Island country. We are not only on the bilateral foundation.To do this, we will also launch an initiative next week to cooperate with various like -minded countries to launch an open and detailed agreement. "
He said that the participating countries include 18 member states of the Pacific Island Forum, major Japan and major Western countries.
This will be the latest efforts made by the United States in order to balance China.The United States just launched the Indo -Pacific Economic Framework in the last month, with the purpose of strengthening the cooperation with Asian partners in the four major areas of digital economy, supply chain, clean energy and anti -corruption measures.14 founding countries include Fiji of the Pacific Island.
On the other hand, two Senator in the United States proposed a bill to vigorously strengthen support for Taiwan on Thursday, including providing billions of US dollars of security assistance to Taiwan, and modification to make Washington and Taiwan maintain an unofficial relationship for decades for decades for decades for decades.Related laws.
The "Taiwan Policy Act of 2022" stated that once China invades Taiwan, the United States will impose severe sanctions on China.In addition, it is recommended to provide Taiwan with a military fund of $ 4.5 billion (about S $ 6.2 billion) in Taiwan in the next four years, as well as determining Taiwan as "the main non -NATO ally."
The sponsor of the Act is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democrat Michadus and Republican Graham.They said that this would be the most comprehensive amendment to the Taiwan policy after the Taiwan Relations Law in 1979.
