‘It’s not just a date, it’s a relationship’
The US and Chinese leaders are due to meet in less than an hour. Many people will be keeping an eye on the fireworks, but some experts say it will be a better date than we thought.
“I don’t see any major shootouts or confrontations,” says John Curtin, political science professor and founder of the G20 Research Group.
“These two leaders are strongly encouraged not to go in front of the TV cameras at the end of their meeting and say: ‘We failed’.
“There’s a lot at stake for both of them and for all the countries they want to be with, and there’s a lot they can agree on.”
Mr Curtin told that these included preventing North Korea from drifting into nuclear irresponsibility and tackling climate change.
He also pointed out that the meeting comes at a time when the two leaders are on their rounds in the region for high-level meetings such as the ASEAN and APEC summits.
“It’s not just a date, it’s a relationship, and that means they can’t cheat on each other, because the next competition will be back. So there will be cooperation.”
But they will certainly stick to their guns on a number of things – both have signaled that they will not concede their respective positions on Taiwan.
Mr. Curtin said Biden could use Russia’s recent setback in the Ukraine war to “look, given what happened in Kherson … Mr. Xi, attacking Taiwan as soon as you want is probably a It’s a bad idea.”
Mr Curtin said Biden would also be keen to show other leaders that democracy “is a model of the future internationally, and the dictatorship under Xi is a way of life, now at home for China.” Not working.”
Sunak prepares for second overseas trip
Hello to Bali from the British Prime Minister’s plane.
We have to arrive in a few hours.
Rishi Shankar has been in office for only a few weeks.
This is his second overseas trip on the job – he left last week to attend the COP27 climate summit.
The summit will provide the first opportunity for a British prime minister to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine face-to-face with a senior Russian minister.
The sink will do this when the representatives of all the countries come together for an all-inclusive discussion.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is representing Vladimir Putin.
The prime minister is facing what he calls “the biggest economic crisis in a decade”.
It’s a crisis, shared; Much of the global economy is already shrinking or expected to soon.
But Rishi-Sink also has to correct the “mistakes” of his predecessor, Liz Truss, and confront critics in his own party who are fearful of raising taxes while undermining the risks of spending cuts. give
On the first leg of that long flight to Bali, he told us that Britain had stabilized “because people expect the government to take decisions that will put our public finances on a sustainable path… and that’s what the chancellor will do. “
