US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned in an interview that aired on Sunday that China had just lately acted “extra aggressively overseas” and was behaving “increasingly in adversarial ways.” Asked by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” if Washington was heading toward a military confrontation with Beijing, Blinken said: “It’s profoundly against the interests of both China and the United States to, to get to that point, or even to head in that direction.”
He added: “What we’ve witnessed during the last a number of years is China appearing extra repressively at dwelling and extra aggressively overseas. That is a reality.”
Asked about the reported theft of hundreds of billions of dollars or more in US trade secrets and intellectual property by China, Blinken said the Biden administration had “real concerns” in regards to the IP situation.
He mentioned it sounded just like the actions “of somebody who’s making an attempt to compete unfairly and more and more in adversarial methods. But we’re far more efficient and stronger after we’re bringing like-minded and equally aggrieved international locations collectively to say to Beijing: ‘This can’t stand and it received’t stand.'”
The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond on Sunday to a request for comment on Blinken’s interview.
On Friday, President Joe Biden’s administration said China had fallen short on its commitments to protect American intellectual property in the “Phase 1″ US-China commerce deal signed final yr.
The commitments had been a part of the sweeping deal between former President Donald Trump’s administration and Beijing, which included regulatory modifications on agricultural biotechnology and commitments to buy some $200 billion in US exports over two years.
Blinken arrived in London on Sunday for a G7 overseas ministers assembly the place China is among the points on the agenda.
In the interview, Blinken mentioned the United States was not aiming to “comprise China” but to “uphold this rules-based order – that China is posing a challenge to. Anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we’re going to stand up and – and defend it.”
Biden has recognized competitors with China as his administration’s best overseas coverage problem. In his first speech to Congress final Wednesday, he pledged to keep up a powerful US navy presence within the Indo-Pacific and to spice up US technological growth.
Blinken mentioned he speaks to Biden “fairly near each day.”
Last month, Blinken said the United States was concerned about China’s aggressive actions against Taiwan and warned it would be a “serious mistake” for anybody to attempt to change the established order within the western Pacific by pressure.
The United States has a long-standing dedication below the Taiwan Relations Act to make sure that self-governing Taiwan has the power to defend itself and to maintain peace and safety within the western Pacific, Blinken mentioned.
Taiwan has complained over the previous few months of repeated missions by China’s air pressure close to the island, which China claims as its personal.
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