David Sacks, research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins CBS News to discuss what the diplomatic success of this deal means for China and how it could impact American influence.
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sounded the alarm over worsening relations between the US and China, particularly as China’s political and economic clout in the world grows.Most Read from BloombergGreenland Solves the Daylight Saving Time DebateCredit Suisse Wouldn’t Have Lasted Another Day, Minister SaysRussia Seeks 400,000 More Recruits as Latest Ukraine Push Stalls‘Zoom Towns’ Exploded in the Work-From-Home Era. Now New Residents Are Facing LayoffsBank Chaos Tests Tr
Opening the doors to Russia and China's perception. Getty ImagesJust a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally, Chinese president Xi Jinping. The setting for the get-together was the late-15th-century Faceted Chamber, the ornate throne room of Muscovite grand princes and czars. The main topics of discussion were fittingly grandiose: How should hostilities in Ukraine end? And af
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Strikes on Iranian-linked bases in Syria would draw a quick response, an Iranian security spokesperson said on Saturday, after the reported death of 19 people in one of the deadliest exchanges between the U.S. and Iranian-aligned forces in years. "Any pretext to attack bases created at the request of the Syrian government to deal with terrorism and Islamic State elements in this country will be met with an immediate counter-response," Keyvan Khosravi, spokesperson for Iran's top security body, was quoted as saying by Iranian state media. Iran says its forces and allied fighters are in Syria at the request of Damascus, and sees U.S. forces there as occupiers.
Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. vice president, on Saturday begins a historic first trip while in office to Africa, with stops scheduled in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia during her weeklong tour. Previewing the vice president's agenda on a call with reporters on Thursday evening, senior administration officials said Harris will be asking the leaders not to "choose" between the U.S. and China but to "expand" their options.
(Bloomberg) -- US officials now expect that a phone call between President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping won’t happen as soon as they had hoped, as ties between the world’s two biggest economies continue to fray, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergGreenland Solves the Daylight Saving Time DebateCredit Suisse Wouldn’t Have Lasted Another Day, Minister SaysRussia Seeks 400,000 More Recruits as Latest Ukraine Push Stalls‘Zoom Towns’ Exploded in the Wor
(Bloomberg) -- China’s top diplomat Wang Yi urged Europe to play a role in supporting peace talks for Russia’s war in Ukraine, though the US has warned Beijing’s proposals would effectively freeze the Kremlin’s territorial gains. Most Read from BloombergRussia Seeks 400,000 More Recruits as Latest Ukraine Push Stalls‘Zoom Towns’ Exploded in the Work-From-Home Era. Now New Residents Are Facing LayoffsBank Chaos Tests Traders’ Nerves and Rewards Those Doing NothingDeutsche Bank Drops in Selloff Ci
India has relied on Russian military equipment for decades but has recently moved to try and limit that partnership, instead turning to the United States, France and Israel.
Meeting is part of high-profile tour as Brazil’s president attempts to repair country’s reputation after the Bolsonaro era
President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. would respond “forcefully” to protect its personnel after U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard following a suspected Iranian-linked attack Thursday that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded seven other Americans in northeast Syria. “The United States does not, does not seek conflict with Iran,” Biden said in Ottawa, Canada, where he is on a state visit.
The Biden administration is shifting away from its proposal to send a multilateral armed force to Haiti, now pushing for a more traditional U.N. peacekeeping mission, sources said.
American adversaries have become emboldened to test American resolve, with experts arguing the problem can be traced back to President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China regards New Zealand as a key partner and has confidence in stable bilateral ties, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday, just as the South Pacific nation showed signs of taking a harder stance on China's presence in the region. China and New Zealand have always respected and trusted each other, and bilateral ties have long been at the forefront of China's relations with developed Western countries, Wang told New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will start a three-country tour of Africa this weekend, promoting the White House's positive vision of the continent as the "future of the world."Harris "believes African innovation and ideas will shape the future of the world," said the official.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said she will discuss concerns about key regional and global security challenges when she meets with her Chinese counterpart, foreign minister Qin Gang in Beijing Friday. Mahuta arrived in China on Wednesday for a four-day trip, the first by a New Zealand minister since 2019, and has been meeting with business and women leaders before her meeting with Gang.
The European Union could slap trade restrictions on countries helping Russia acquire washing machines and used cars to repair its battle-stricken fleet of tanks.
President Biden told a reporter that "we vastly exaggerate" the military-economic partnership between Russia and China during his joint-press conference with Justin Trudeau on Friday.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi called on the European Union to reach a "strategic consensus" with Beijing on political settlement of the Ukraine war in talks with his French counterpart on Thursday. The phone call, requested by French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne, followed the Chinese leader's trip to Russia this week. Wang told Bonne during the call that President Xi Jinping's Moscow visit was for "peace" and "cooperation", according to the Chinese foreign ministr
President Biden on Friday said that the doesn’t take the growing relationship between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin “lightly,” warning that the situation could worsen. “I just want to put it in perspective, I don’t take it lightly what… China and Russia are doing and it could get significantly worse. But…
President Joe Biden faces thorny issues from migration to trade wars on his first official trip to Canada.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Erdogan thanked Putin for his "positive attitude" in extending the Black Sea grain deal and expressed his "understanding of the Russian side's principled position to achieve the full implementation of the second part of the agreement, removing barriers for Russia's agricultural products," the Kremlin said in a statement. Russia laid out conditions on Monday for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if those conditions were not met.
