'Strong Military Presence In Indo-Pacific Like NATO To Prevent Conflict': Joe Biden Warns China|News

Описание: United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday (28 April) said that the US was in competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century.

Emphasising that the US was falling behind the rest of the world on advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, Biden said that the country needs to invest more on the research and development.

"China and other countries are closing in fast," he said, adding that the US must develop and dominate the products and technologies of the future including advanced batteries, biotechnology, computer chips, and clean energy.

China figured prominently in the foreign affairs part of the Biden's speech.

Biden said that in his discussion with President Xi, he told the latter that US welcomes the competition and was not "looking for conflict".

"But I made absolutely clear that I will defend American interests across the board," Biden said.

"America will stand up to unfair trade practices that undercut American workers and industries, like subsidies for state-owned enterprises and the theft of American technologies and intellectual property," he said referring to China.

In another move to challenge Chinese dominance in the Indo-Pacific, Biden also vowed to maintain strong military presence in the region.

"We will maintain a strong military presence in the Indo-Pacific just as we do with NATO in Europe – not to start conflict – but to prevent conflict," Biden said.

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