strange men were only pushed the world into division and even confrontation let's break that down for a moment this was she jumping warning the west not to rally together against china something the biden ministration says it's determined to do not just against china's growing military assertiveness as we saw earlier but also against his diplomatic and trade practices that are increasingly being seen as bullying by when it slammed tariffs on various australian imports after australia called for an investigation into the origins of the corona virus outbreak which all found. on the lead beijing gave similar treatment to sweden of trip banned chinese firms from its 5 g. mobile data network over security concerns at the same time the pandemic has

fuelled western worries about dependence on chinese supplies like pharmaceuticals adding to all this is a growing unease about china's authoritarianism the prime examples stripping hong kong of its freedoms despite treaty commitments not to do so for decades to come. and his actions in shin janke for the biden ministration has called genocide as we saw earlier take all of these together and it's clear that china's rise is about much more than its military power in asia it presents a multi fronted challenge to almost every aspect of the era that america has presided over since the end of the cold that's why there's one thing you constantly hear from the new administration when they talk about dealing with china that they want to rally america's allies to stand up to beijing together with our allies or. we were there well half the world and. not just because of where it really.

matter of course with their drive this is going to steer. our direction and higher standards to charles this is what she jinping was warning against when he talked about the new cold war and isolation and estrangement the biden team would not say that they want to start a new cold war but it is absolutely clear that they want to rally allies around a common approach to china the question is will the allies fall in line providing that economic heft and chorus of voices that we just heard about bullitt might not be so simple. at the very end of 2020 a diplomatic bombshell during a video call between brussels linen beijing the european union and china agreed

just sweeping investment treaty aimed at boosting business between the 2 sides uncle americal was the trifling force behind the deal saying it would bring fairness to european companies working in china what really stood out about this deal was the timing it was squinting. just at the end of the year and as germany's presidency of the european union was about to come to an end and crucially it was more than 3 weeks before the biden of new straits was about to come into office it was so last minute that the biden 2 interviews directly appealing in a tweet for the europeans to great and took a battered joint approach. the european side shrug that off and went ahead with the deal anyway seizing on chinese concessions and delivering a huge diplomatic boost to beijing in turn it could hardly have been a more powerful signal from berlin and brussels to the bike ministration cannot

count on automatic support from europe in dealing with china. while the e.u. professed openness to working closely with the biden team ultimately their own interests came 1st those interests a pretty clear the european economy has become highly dependent on the chinese market particularly germany's german carmakers generate a huge proportion of test sales that depending on it for growth to compensate for stagnation in home markets this is the reality shaping europe's approach to china for all of its talk about china's human rights abuses and its aggressive behavior nothing seems to outweigh the economic imperative of having good relations with beijing and that makes european leaders highly wary of getting sucked into a long term faceoff between the u.s. and china the actual question that europe will need to tackle him to what extent

they want to see the united states that major name just on the rise of china and this is not a new one i lend your. interest at the moment no european monitors what are your. thoughts. in fact when she spoke after she chimping at that meeting at the world economic forum america made it clear that she'd prefer it tailed fence doesn't it that's beneath so i now look common. then few dogs are shot in. the us you know and. at 1st. because i was there 1st and then we probe further at a joint press conference with marco and europe's other most powerful player emmanuel mccall of france asking them why they seem so lukewarm over u.s. leadership on china as the biden in want to release an ardent visor shine and

forces dish you were in and so she was all. to sign while merkel said she would support biden's plan for a summit of democracies both she and mark insisted that europe would be charting its own course this double food you have a piece on you understand 50. then you go. you know are pretty cut dinner to really think in mind some kind of meeting for anything. off the minds on the other the theme of for tots them does feel like well not so much be unclean much what's. not says i'm. going to open our source of all of the bottle sit the clicker mow the brought this you did it and visit the dogs in the start as you did in your mavic it was this fence sitting by america's european allies has the potential to reignite the tensions of the trump years. europeans believe that they can remain neutral

in any growing rivalry between the united states and china and sort of have equally good relations with beijing and washington and at the same time expect the united states to be the 1st responder whenever anything happens in europe i think they're living in a dream world as we heard earlier donald trump scorn to europeans as freeloaders and here in europe that has shaken trust caps permanently now if europeans look at the transatlantic alliance that is strongly agree of course that that word can. and europeans need to build up their own research and their own strategies to be able to act in a more independent right to death row so to trumpet ministration added to feast the united states has become a fundamentally unstable a power that allies can never again depend on in quite the way this brings us to

the biggest question facing america's place in the world right now how can it expect it's allies to follow it wholeheartedly if they fear it could be on the brink of disaster itself ultimately that means that joe biden success or failure of hope will profoundly affect what he's able to achieve aboard she says that america is back the rest of the world is asking is it too broken to leave. her home her own home or just seen in washington on the eve of migrants you know the range. of thousands of national guard troops called to the capital after an attempted insurrection a grim sign of the condition america is in america is fighting total mostly wars right now one of. the fight against coal with one team and we don't know how long this will. last but not all the economy economy pure economic outcome. which will

be the sauce runs and the other domestic war is really within the political system those domestic wars being fought in the background will go on for a long time to come and they don't just affect american policy as they do administration is fully aware that for all these domestic all domestic years. right now the most profound national security challenge facing experience were the most urgent priority is getting the pandemic under control as well as the economic fallout the long term challenge of how's he deal with america's divisions goes much deeper i think this idea that the u.s. was always one big happy one not a country i lived there for a long time you know and so i think it's just you can see it now and while trump has left the white house the forces he unleashed have not lost power trump is of is

a more dangerous and more pernicious movement than anyone could have accounted for even a couple years ago and what i worry about as a forward public you know the sort of character of the party i'm worried about the more competent smart. presentable version of trump that's going to come down the pike in a few years this all feeds into a sense of instability that he's absolutely talks for america's ability to lead in the world posing a very real and fundamental question can america mean for a lie don't the last 3 presidents he's a broad wild swings in foreign policy we see brock obama signed the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate agreement then donald trump pulled us out of both and left the world health organization to now joe biden has taken us back into the paris agreement and the w.h.o. can the u.s. really lead the world when it exhibits all. while changes in position from one

president to the next. that's the cosmic level of doubt that will hang over joe biden every foreign policy decision. and something that china stands ready to field a china uses relating. to china to market they're. going to be sponsoring the united states in. their system doesn't work force is the us but there is one area where the u.s. can step up in a new way narea where hope for the future is in short supply climate scientists agree that the world is on course for devastation if it fails to cut back further on carbon pollution. former secretary of state john kerry is biden's for climate policy an appointment showing this was a top priority experts say that the u.s. has a big opportunity to combine reviving its economy with cutting its emissions and helping

other countries do the same right now green recovery still a huge luxury for a majority of. the u.s. has a huge role to play in that not only in its development aid on its own overseas internationally . but in how they. let me banks and i think we were in the eye on that. other country. on earth. sort of leadership navigating international institutions doesn't grab the limelight it's something where the u.s. still has unique influence things and crucially cutting carbon emissions involves fundamental changes to economic incentives affecting how global sectors like energy work this makes any real change are far less vulnerable when the senior american politics future presidents powerless to stop it it sounds like a modest few of american leadership but listen to the man now fronting us foreign

policy and his message is one of modesty i believe that. you military and confidence should be the flip sides of america's leadership coin. humility because we have a great deal of work to do at home to enhance our standing abroad and humility because most of the world's problems are not about us in the 1st instance even as they affect us and no single country acting alone even one is powerful the united states can fully and effectively address these problems it turns the question of america's role in the wild back to the rest of us. do we want america to lead or are we content step back. every country facing choices here choices that will have consequences for decades to.

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