{"id":2097918,"date":"2023-11-13T20:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-courts-a-final-indo-pacific-ally-ahead-of-meeting-with-chinas-xi\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T20:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T01:13:43","slug":"biden-courts-a-final-indo-pacific-ally-ahead-of-meeting-with-chinas-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-courts-a-final-indo-pacific-ally-ahead-of-meeting-with-chinas-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden courts a final Indo-Pacific ally ahead of meeting with China&#8217;s Xi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-courts-a-final-indo-pacific-ally-ahead-of-meeting-with-chinas-xi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2097918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President \u2063Biden Hosts Indonesian\u2064 President for Bilateral Discussions<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden welcomed\u200d Indonesian President Joko Widodo\u200b to\u2064 the White House \u2062on Monday\u200b for a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-courts-a-final-indo-pacific-ally-ahead-of-meeting-with-chinas-xi\/\" title=\"Biden courts a final Indo-Pacific ally ahead of meeting with China's Xi\">important bilateral discussions<\/a>. This meeting comes \u200bjust two days\u200b before\u2062 President Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-says-ukraine-may-join-alliance-when-conditions-are-met-enraging-zelensky\/\" title=\"NATO hints at Ukraine's potential alliance membership, infuriating Zelensky.\">highly anticipated summit<\/a> with \u2063Chinese President Xi \u200dJinping in San \u2064Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, President Biden has made it\u200b a priority \u200bto engage with\u200d leaders from the Indo-Pacific region, with the underlying goal of countering China&#8217;s growing military and \u200ceconomic influence. In fact, in 2023 alone, President Biden\u2063 has hosted leaders from Australia, India, Japan, the Philippines, and South\u2062 Korea at the White House, and he himself \u200ctraveled to Japan for the \u2062G7 summit earlier this \u200dyear.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2064 Biden&#8217;s commitment \u2064to strengthening ties \u200bwith Indonesia is evident, as he \u200calso attended the G20 summit in the country\u2064 in 2022, and Vice President Kamala \u2063Harris recently participated in a summit there in September.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Taking Our Relationship to the \u2063Highest Possible Level&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Today we&#8217;re talking\u2063 about taking our\u2063 relationship to launching \u2064the highest possible level of \u200dcooperation. \u2063A comprehensive \u200bstrategic partnership.\u200d This will \u2062mark\u2062 a new era of relations between the United \u200bStates \u2062and Indonesia across\u200d the board, affecting everything,&#8221; President Biden stated during his\u200c Oval Office sit-down with President Widodo. &#8220;As we mark nearly 75 years of cooperation between \u200cour nations,\u2064 I believe our partnership\u200b is stronger than it&#8217;s ever been. I&#8217;m looking forward \u200bto our conversation\u200d today and our cooperation with APEC summit in San Francisco later this \u200dweek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the ongoing \u2062conflict in Israel and Indonesia&#8217;s economic ties with China add \u2062complexity \u200dto President\u2063 Biden&#8217;s meetings on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia, being the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim\u2063 country, has publicly called for a ceasefire in Israel. President Widodo condemned the Israel Defense Forces for\u2063 an attack on a\u2064 hospital in Gaza during his visit to\u2064 Saudi\u2062 Arabia. American defense \u2064and intelligence agencies believe \u2064that \u200dthe attack was caused by a misfiring rocket launched by a\u2064 terrorist organization in Gaza.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Appealing for Ceasefire and Regional Peace<\/h3>\n<p>President Widodo specifically\u2063 called on President Biden to &#8220;do more&#8221; to end the fighting in \u2064Gaza during their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. &#8220;Indonesia also wishes\u2063 our partnership contributes to regional \u2064and global peace and prosperity,&#8221; \u2064he told President \u2063Biden and gathered reporters. &#8220;So Indonesia appeals to the U.S. to do more to stop \u200bthe\u2062 atrocities in Gaza. Ceasefire is a must for the sake of humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the economic front, Indonesia has had a comprehensive relationship with China since 2013. To counter this, the\u2063 Biden administration announced a new &#8220;strategic partnership&#8221; between Indonesia and the United States. This \u200dpartnership will focus \u2064on critical\u2063 minerals, semiconductors, climate, and \u2063clean energy, with Indonesia being the \u2064world&#8217;s largest producer of nickel, a \u200dcrucial component\u2064 for\u2062 President\u2063 Biden&#8217;s domestic\u200b electric vehicle\u2062 and\u200b clean energy initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions between President Biden and President Widodo also emphasized the importance of security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, President Biden is scheduled to meet with President Xi\u2064 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation\u200b summit \u2063in San Francisco. This \u200bmeeting comes as tensions \u200bbetween\u200c the U.S. and\u200b China have escalated, starting with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s\u2062 visit \u2062to Taiwan in 2022. The U.S.-China relationship further deteriorated due to\u2062 the\u2063 spy \u2063balloon \u2062scandal\u200b and China&#8217;s aggressive military\u200c actions in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2062 the current tensions, Biden administration officials \u2062have emphasized that China is seen as a competitor rather than an outright enemy. Both countries\u2064 have\u200c a significant trading relationship, and \u200dthere \u2062are efforts to improve U.S.-China \u2064relations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Working Towards Better U.S.-China Relations<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We have a $700 billion trading relationship \u2064with\u200b China. The vast majority \u2014 99 percent\u2064 of that \u2014 has nothing to do with export controls,&#8221; Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said. President Xi himself expressed to U.S. lawmakers visiting Beijing in October that there are\u200b &#8220;a thousand reasons to make U.S.-China relations better, and no reason\u200b to make them worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do both President \u200cBiden and President Widodo \u200dexpress their commitment to deepening the bilateral relationship between the United States and Indonesia, and what key areas of cooperation do they discuss<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 Dent Biden. &#8220;We\u200b must \u2063work together to\u200c promote dialogue\u2064 and find a peaceful \u200bsolution \u2063to the conflict in the Middle \u2063East.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to the\u200d Israel conflict, Indonesia&#8217;s economic ties with \u2064China\u2064 also \u200bpresent a challenge for President Biden. China is Indonesia&#8217;s largest trading partner, and the two\u200c countries have deep \u2063economic cooperation in various\u2063 sectors. \u200bPresident Biden&#8217;s anti-China stance \u200cand efforts to \u200dcounter their\u2064 influence in the Indo-Pacific region may\u2064 complicate\u2062 discussions with President \u2062Widodo regarding economic\u2064 cooperation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Navigating Economic Ties with China<\/h3>\n<p>While\u2062 economic ties between Indonesia and\u2062 China are strong, President Biden\u2062 emphasized the \u2063importance of ensuring \u200ba level playing\u200d field and fair trade practices. &#8220;We will continue to work together to address any concerns \u200band\u2064 create a\u200c more balanced and equitable economic relationship,&#8221; President Biden stated. \u200cHe also expressed his commitment to assisting Indonesia in diversifying its\u200d economy and reducing \u2063its dependency on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-business-chiefs-clash-with-berlin-over-china-policies\/\" title=\"German business chiefs clash with Berlin over China policies\">single trading partner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the complexities, both\u2064 leaders expressed their \u200ccommitment\u2064 to deepening \u2063the \u200cbilateral relationship between the United States and Indonesia. President Widodo praised the\u200d United States as a &#8220;vital partner&#8221; and expressed his gratitude for the strong support provided by the US in areas such as education, \u200binfrastructure, and \u200bclimate change\u200d mitigation. He also\u2063 highlighted Indonesia&#8217;s progress in democracy, human rights, and economic\u200c development.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u200c echoed these sentiments and assured \u2064President Widodo that \u2064the United States remains \u200bcommitted\u2062 to strengthening cooperation in key areas such as security, trade, and climate change. \u200dThey discussed opportunities for increasing investments, expanding trade relations, and collaborating on renewable \u2062energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the bilateral discussions between President \u2062Biden and President \u2062Widodo underscore the \u200bcommitment of both nations to deepen their relationship and find common ground \u2064on important issues. As the United States aims to counter China&#8217;s influence in the \u200cIndo-Pacific region, \u2064engaging with key \u2064allies like Indonesia becomes crucial. Despite the challenges \u2062posed by \u200dthe ongoing conflict in Israel and Indonesia&#8217;s economic\u2064 ties with\u2064 China, both leaders expressed optimism and \u200ba determination to work together towards a more prosperous \u2062and peaceful\u2063 future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden hosted Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the White House Monday for a series of bilateral discussions, just two days before the president is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco for a long-awaited summit. 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