you heard antony blinken list them there, you also heard the response from the chinese.ndency to just stick with the rhetoric and say how you feel about it, and the americans are hoping that this will be a place where they're actually honest and blunt about what they think, but also then try to move the conversation along in terms of what the expectations are and how they can actually work together, if they can, on various issues. you know, these positions that have been placed out are well—known, and the biden administration has been talking them up coming into this meeting. but it's interesting in a diplomatic setting, where you have opening statements for a series of meetings, that they come out so forcefully face—to—face in front of cameras. so we'll what they say behind the cameras. a us official said they figured the talk would be pretty tough, but he also said there was genuine interest in trying to find some areas where they might be able to co—operate, especially on global issues like the pandemic and climate change, and so on. so when it comes to — because ther

but you're seeing here antony blinken meeting with the prime minister of japan and basically, antony reaffirming the partnership with japan, the alliance he says is stronger than ever. both sides in statement singled out china for behavior that was political, economic, military and challenging. that is where we set the stage ahead of talks in alaska. they go to seoul where north korea is waddling -- we had kim jong un's sister morning the united states better refrain from causing a stink if it wants to sleep in peace. a busy week with the u.s. delegations here. shery: in terms of these talks, how high do you expect taiwan would be ranking on the agenda ? >> taiwan has always been a potential flashpoint. you heard from the foreign minister early this or late last week that the united states should be careful and not play with fire on the taiwan issue. it is long considered a redline, any talk of independence or arms sales and the like when it comes to taiwan. this will be critical. i spoke exclusively to the taiwanese representative to washington, d.c. who is very close with the presi

you heard antony blinken list them there, you also heard the response from the chinese.o just stick with the rhetoric and say how you feel about it, and the americans are hoping this will be a place where they are actually honest and blunt about what they think, but also then try to move the conversation along about what the expectations are and how they can actually work together, if they can actually work together, if they can, on various issues. these positions that have been placed out are well—known, and the biden administration has been talking them up administration has been talking them up coming into this meeting. but it's interesting in a diplomatic setting, where you have opening statements for a series of meetings, that they come out so forcefully face—to—face in front of cameras. so we will what they say behind the cameras, a us official said they figured the talk would be pretty tough. but he also said there was genuine interest in trying to find some areas where they may be able to co—operate, especially on global issues like the pandemic and climate chang

united states seeks to reinvigorate its alliances with partners in the region secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin travelling to japan and south korea to meet their counterparts in the shadow of growing chinese influence in the region it's an outreach that began last week when president joe biden met his counterparts from india australia and japan the so-called quad grouping of nations the 1st ever meeting of leaders of the cord ended with a commitment to ensure a free and open into pacific and the pledge to produce $1000000000.00 of covert 1000 vaccines for the region the leaders also agreed to cooperate in the field of emerging technologies and climate change. predicted that joe biden has already presided over a virtual summit of powers with a vested interest in the asia pacific region called the quad it's made up of the us india japan and australia. the leaders agreed to ramp up covert 19 vaccine supplies in asia and to work more closely on security and climate change. and we've launched into a vicious new joint partnership that is going to boost vacci

secretary of state antony blinken is heading east this week with stops in south korea and japan both key allies and then on thursday he meets his chinese opposite number in alaska for the 1st time this is an important opportunity for us to lay out in very frank terms. the many concerns that we have with beijing's actions and behavior that are challenging the security prosperity the values of the united states and our partners and allies washington has said it will not hold back on taking a tough line with beijing on issues ranging from taiwan to hong kong and its treatment of the minority muslim week has and for that the u.s. will need solid backing from its regional partners. and some of those partners are part of the quote grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory metcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the in depressive fix why china won't map the future progress on that gulf welcome now given each of the quote nations is significant difference

antony blinken says china's actions are threatening the international order.he two superpowers holding talks in alaska to try to repair relations at their lowest point in decades. the european union edison regulator has ruled astrazeneca's vaccine is safe. senior members of e taliban and afghanistan's government are meeting in moscow to try to resume stalled peace negotiations. russia, china, and pakistan have called on both sides to consider a cease-fire. joe biden has hinted the remaining american troops in afghanistan may have to stay longer than the may 1 deadline. the taliban insists the troops must leave by that date. we have more from kabul. >> shop owners are getting ready for the new year. after 20 years of conflict and a dire economic state, they welcome a chance to celebrate a happy occasion. this could also be the first year american troops will not be here to help local forces keep the peace. >> if we will reach an agreement, there will be no need for the americans to stay here. the night, we can bring security ourselves. >> u.s. president joe bid

host: how different is antony blinken's message from the message of the trump administration? guest: it sounds the same. which gets back to the point where i see more continuation in china policy than difference. not only because all of these china measures but ouch toward the end of the trump administration are still there, but the rhetoric. they have been saying the same thing for years. the competition in china is no longer about trade deficit, but more on national security. all of these issue areas that secretary blinken mentioned, hong kong, taiwan, they are all of huge concerns of the ethnic world. to understand this, we have to think back 20 years since china joined wto. the past 20 years have emphasized the non-economic consequence of trade. why do i say that? trade has economic benefits, but the problem is sometimes they lead -- trading does lead to security consequences which is not economic. if a nation trades with north korea, economically speaking, the companies involved in the bilateral trade would benefit commercially, but kim jong-un is going to get the surplus

antony blinken and the rest of the team, seasoned diplomats.y will have one side to the cameras and behind closed doors, i guess they are getting down to business. annmarie: thank you so much, stephen engle, for an update on what is going on in alaska. we want to take a quick check on the trade this morning. the nikkei trending lower. this comes after the bank of japan says they will no longer be looking at etf's, buying etf's that track anything but the topix. that immediately had an effect on the nikkei, down 1.4%. the china csi 300, chinese equities down some 3% right now. a lot of this has to do with what happened yesterday, u.s. stocks falling from a record. the futures market also down nearly 0.3%. you have yelled higher and people are dumping tech growth as well. it looks like some of the trade talks are hitting chinese equities. coming up, the inflation debate. we will hear more from paul krugman. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. it is 6:30 a.m. in the city of london. this is "daybreak europe." ahead after spikes in treasury yiel

it will be the first time antony blinken will speak to his trans-atlantic counterparts in person, and he is seeking to strengthen those ties after four years of harsh rhetoric from the trump administration. the trip also comes at a time of escalating tensions with russia and china. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me now live from london. good to see you, nic. so ant ni blinken hopes to strengthen trans-atlantic ties during his first meeting with nato and eu officials. what are the expectations? what are the charges? >> well, one of the expectations from the european members of nato will be -- and others as well like canada will be of course that they're going to get a more stable, predictable relationship with the united states and also that the united states will send a clearer message, a consistent message to its adversaries, in particular russia. that will be an important message that secretary of state antony blinken will be able to communicate. his coming with a mission to sort of build on what the united states sees as the bedrock of nato, and that is sha

antony blinken that we have gone to.th president moon jae-in later today, hoping to smooth some of these ruffled ties after president trump wanted to raise the amount of money. we will have a quick listen in and engage in what is being said. sec. blinken: i want to reiterate our outrage and grief over the deaths of eight women in atlanta yesterday, including, we hear four of korean descent. we stand with the korean community and everyone united against violence and hate. this trip has been noted as the first by any member of president biden's cabinet overseas and it is noah accident that secretary austen and i came here. the alliance is the linchpin of asia pacific and around the world. we came not only to reaffirm that fact but to build on it. that is exactly what we have been doing. we just witnessed as the minister said, an agreement in principle on the text of the special measures agreement. this is the result of very diligent efforts on both sides to arrive at a fair and equitable agreement. it will strengthen our a

secretary of state antony blinken pointed to what he called chinese cyber attacks and economic coercion of american allies china's top diplomat today and yet she had his own criticism of u.s. foreign and trade policies accusing the u.s. of using national security concerns to obstruct normal trade exchanges for fire and where do we go from there well 1st of all we turn to matthew moore my colleague who joins me in the studio now matthew i mean the global economy is already quite busy with dealing with the economic fallout from the pandemic do we now also have to worry it again about the u.s. and china good morning market here i think the trade war between the world's largest economies hasn't gone away it's been something of a cease fire until now the we've been focused as you say on the pandemic for the last year and there's been a change of administration of the u.s. and so now this meeting is the fossil obviously the high level meeting between the 2 sides and it was quite explosive young each ian anthony blinken really airing their grievances i mean if we foreshadowed this meeting sayi

antony blinken and defense secretary but often are in tokyo.ue to see america reaching out to key allies in the region to curb china's growing influence. for a preview of what is on the agenda, let's go to our politics reporter. quite tricky for the biden administration to avoid that perception that they are reaching out to asia only to counter china, right? what can we expect from these meetings? reporter: first of all, there are a lot of firsts. the stop in japan, a stop in south korea, then on the way home the meeting with the chinese officials in alaska. the fact that this has been chosen as the first trip aboard for blinken is it -- is significant. it also comes after the leadership of the quad countries, which they agree to cooperate on vaccine supply for developing countries. holding these two events so close together drive some the message that asian allies are extremely important to the biden administration, as it needs to figure out a strategy be savvy china. -- vis-a-vis china. paul: what are we anticipating from the second of those

ashley: just yesterday, antony blinken on the crackdown of the pro-democracy applicants in hong kong.instant message doesn't not. michael: it does but is very make an mild. these are the kind of sanctions than 24 officials can't visit america. but to printed in early section was thiss hong kong's leader carry lamb cannot open a checking account hong kong religious life of the rest of what is called virtual sanctions. they're not serious. in the chinese i think in alaskan meeting are going to say keep out of hong kong bargaining uthey got pretty much everybody interest in hong kong was a challenge to them. they can easily release those prisoners actually bring that would be a major gesture in the front page news will be releasing the top 50 prisoners today printed they are not going to do that. honey space tough. ashley: talking of which how much different will the strategy be from what we saw with donald trump to what were going to see you divide and it partied on the chinese happy to see the back of donald trump pretty. .michael: [laughter] will remember that xi jinping and donald tr

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. >> antony blinken is continuing his first foreign tour since taking over. he is meeting his chinese opposite in anchorage, alaska. u.s. officials have expressed hopes for resetting relationships with beijing but china suggested that there is not much room for compromise. we have th report. >> washington says it will pull no punches. beijing says it does not have high expectations. setting the tone for their bilateral talks. >the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken criticized beijing's human rights record but urged to do more for regional security. >> we are clear right about beijing's commitments and we spoke about how beijing's aggressive and authoritarian behavior are challenging the stability and security ofhe gion. >> china's ambassador made beijing's position clear. >> some people may think that having conversations with other countries for meeting with china may help to put pressure on china, i don' think it is necessary or useful. we will not make compromises or concessions on these issues in order to create a good atmosphere. >> the meetings in

the secretary of state antony blinken vowed to rely on innovation, not automation. investors rotate away from companies that thrived during the pandemic. the prime minister may be considering a cabinet reshuffle over treatment of women. >> we see u.s. stocks falling, led by tech and pressure on stay-at-home trades. zoom and pelaton following. we do have that seven-year auction option left as well. oil jumped. under a little bit of pressure. that plus signs of stronger gasoline demanding the u.s. -- demand sent crude in the u.s. higher. >> that is where we are at the comes to the sentiment of trading in asia. you hated -- new zealand is up by just shy of 25%. -- .25%. we heard from the deputy governor, saying they are continued to be positively surprised by the unemployment given that we see jobless numbers continuing, better than expected. emerging-market stocks and currencies also posted some steep declines. the steepest decline in two weeks as pandemic lockdowns brother mark around on risky asset. -- assets. we look at the reflation trade and just the feeling that

. >> public pledges aside, antony blinken has a long list of issues to discuss with his transatlantic partners. high on the agenda, u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. the trump administration struck a deal with the taliban to leave by may 1. biden's team has yet to decide whether to that date. antony blinken is in brussels to consult with allies. >> we went in together, we adjusted together, and when the time is right, we will leave together. >> cooperation is key for the alliance as it faces external and internal challenges. namely russia and china's growing threat, therefore ministers met this week. they accused the u.s. of interfering in other countries of theirs. within nato, there are other issues at hand. turkey's defense and foreign policy priorities are often on a divergin path to that of other members. last year, the russian missile defense system infuriating washington. washington's support for kurdish militants in syria is a thorn in their side. nato's budget remains a hot button issue. in 2020, 1 third of member states failed to reach the 2% of gdp targets. >> next up, a lo

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secretary of state antony blinken he's heading east this week with stops in south korea and japan both key allies and then on thursday he meets his chinese opposite number in alaska for the 1st time this is an important opportunity for us to lay out in very frank terms. the many concerns that we have with beijing's actions and behavior that are challenging the security prosperity the values of the united states and our partners and allies. washington has said it will not hold back on taking a tough line with beijing on issues ranging from taiwan to hong kong and its treatment of the minority muslim weekers and for that the u.s. will need solid backing from its regional partners. and some of those partners are part of the quad grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory medcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the indoor pacific why china want the future professor metcalf welcome they're given each of the quad nations is significant differences with chi

antony blinken vows to reply -- rely on innovation, not ultimatums. set for a mixed start to the day after tech stocks led the decline in the u.s.. investors are leaning away from companies that thrived in the pandemic. >> let's take a look on -- at the state of play. the start of trading in australia just getting underway. this is what we see, about .1% lower. we are seeing this rotation out of companies that did well during the pandemic. oil is hauling on -- holding onto most of those gains. we should be seen energy and mining gains in australia. the aussie dollar, not much of a change. coming off of its recent highs. analysts say we could see it lower. kiwi stocks are up by .1% this is where u.s. futures are steadily at the moment little change after we saw that tech slide in particular. s&p futures are looking pretty flat at the moment. geopolitical tensions are entering the fray as we continue to watch what happens between korea, japan and china. we heard news of a ballistic missile between korea and japan today. haidi: -- shery: geopolitical ten

state department how does the current proposal from antony blinken involving 6 nations make it so. british you know the the indian position has always been that the gun to start should be of gun owners of gun lead and of gun control and it also had you know about 3 or 4 red lines one being that i should be the reduction in violence of women's rights should be respected and constitutional. principles should be of the. now in that india is finally part of the negotiating table in on of on the part 2 words peace in afghanistan this has been a u.s. led proposal which which was revealed last week through a letter by the u.s. secretary of state and now india is expected to be finally be part of the table after being on the sidelines for almost a couple of decades now so what does india bring to the table to reduce. india has invested in afghanistan in its reconstruction and redevelopment. in a big gain a major gain the last 2 decades since 2001 hour after the $911.00 attacks and it spent close to $3000000000.00 in the reconstruction and redevelopment and it has developed that constancy v

antony blinken opened the press stock to join the u.s.ping china's aggression and check in addressing north korea's human rights violations. the country's defense minister's plan to work together for north korea's nuclear threat. in the past hour, the north korean news agency reported that they try to make contact several times, but any attempts would be ignored until military drills were dropped. >> the u.s. r.o.k. allianz, which has been steadfast for over 70 years, remains ironclad. it is security and prosperity for northeast asia. a free and open indo pacific region and across the world. mariana: the top u.s. and chinese diplomats are in alaska with high-level talks from thursday. it's the first face-to-face meeting with officials from the two countries since the biden administration took office. because in the middle of what we have seen deteriorating as diplomatic relations. let's get to our editor in anchorage, alaska. u.s. officials are hosting this on u.s. soil. what is their approach to this encounter with their chinese counterp

antony blinken struck quite a different tone today, didn't he?let's be honest, the bar was not that high to strike a different tone, and more positive tone about nato and the european union, which trump said was set up specifically to destroy the united states. secretary blinken is known to be a transatlantist. everybody already knew him from his years in service to the united states, but when you listen to his speech today and in fact all of his statements that he said since he got to brussels, they were specifically designed to reverse that trump way of thinking without ever mentioning the trump administration by name. he specifically reinforced article five, nato's collective defense fundamental tenant. he also -- his language on china was clearly designed to sort of go against the secretary pompeo way of talking about china that absolutely warned europeans they better cut off huawei from their 5g systems or they would be cut off from intelligence. sec. blinken thought of his words carefully and knew the kind of impact they would have. >> you

his comments coming after some lines from antony blinken, the u.s. secretary of state who said some actions from china threatened the rules based order. he says the u.s. is committed to leading with diplomacy. the secretary of state joined by jake sullivan who is the head of the national security advisory council in the u.s. in terms of what china is coming to the meeting with, they are going to push back on complaints around human rights. they have their own laundry list of requests. they want their move of sanctions and tariffs on chinese individuals and entities. they want restrictions on technology flows to china to be reduced. they went curbs on chinese tourists or chinese journalists and members of the commonest party to be removed in terms of visas. they are pushing for a summit between the two presidents on april 22. for joe biden and xi jinping to talk about climate change. that is something the chinese started pushing for if this meeting is successful. shery: we do have that sound from secretary blinken laying out the concerns the u.s. has

america's top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number yang gee—air chur against the snowy has said the "serious difficulties of the past" should not continue, but so far there's been no indication that things are improving from the turbulence of the trump years. and in their opening remarks, not too many warm words. (sots today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better understand our administration's intentions and approach. we will also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china including in hong kong, taiwan, attacks on the united states, economic coercion towards our allies. i said that the united states relationship will be competitive or should be, collaborative can be an adversarial work it must be. the people of the two countries in the world, they are hoping to see practical outcomes coming out of our dialogue and debate in taiwan are an inalienable part of china's territory. china's five firmly opposed to us interference in china's affairs. we have expressed our staunch opposition to such interfe

threatening the international order effectively putting global stability at risk secretary of state antony blinken is holding talks with chinese officials in alaska as the 2 superpowers try to repair relations that are at their lowest point in decades it's the 1st high level meeting between the u.s. and china under president joe biden's administration lincoln says they will discuss a range of security and human rights issues including hong kong taiwan and the crackdown on we go or muslims in xinjiang. part ministration is committed to leading with diplomacy to advance the interests the united states and to straighten the rules based international order. that system is not an abstraction it helps countries result differences peacefully. a coordinate multilateral efforts effectively and participate in global commerce with the assurance that everyone is following the same rules the alternative to a rules based order is a world in which might makes right and winner take all and that would be a far more violent and unstable world for all of us well the international society follows a system sit

secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in alaska for the biden administration's 1st high level meeting with china top officials from the world's 2 largest economies are preparing for talks in an effort to repair relations that are at their lowest point in decades the european union's medicine regulator has ruled that astra zeneca has vaccine is safe saying it found no evidence of a higher risk of blood clots in people who received the child. and senior members of the taliban and afghanistan's government have been meeting in moscow to try to resume stalled peace negotiations. well let's take you back to that story one of our top stories that the european union's medicine regulator has ruled that the astra zeneca vaccine is safe for use let's go to an attack or who joins us from paris some pascha france one of the countries that had suspended the astra zeneca vaccine what reaction has there been to these comments by the european union's medicine regulator. well the french prime minister. gave a press conference a short while ago and he says that frons is very pleased that the ast

transatlantic nato military alliance after years of friction onto the presidency of donald trump antony blinken made the pledge on his 1st visit to nato headquarters in brussels he warned that the alliance is a pivotal moment with threats around the world and also from climate change lincoln promised to share any plans for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan will work with russia wanted advances our interests and one of those a strategic stability and we've always demonstrated that with these tension of the the new start agreement on the other hand we will stand resolutely against russian aggression and other actions the try to undermine our alliance and i think that our approach is exactly where we're nato is as well and similarly we have to and we will i believe make sure that nato is also focused on some of the challenges the china poses to the rules based international law international order that is part of the 2030 vision as well which is based on white house correspondent kimberly hellcats who's in washington d.c. for us committee the previous administration of course not a

interesting, all these comments back and forth ahead of antony blinken's arrival in seoul.t few minutes he has reaffirmed the us's commitment with its allies to denuclearise north korea. that is the language they are using, which will not please the north koreans. when it comes to this warning from pyongyang and more specifically from kim yo—jong, the sister of kim jong—un, i think there are two macrame targets with her words. first of all ivy military every year when the us and south korea get together for the military drills, north korea see it as a provocation, i rehearsalfor war. sometimes that reaction comes in the form of a missile launch or a missile test. in this case the so—called war games by being reacting to win a war of words from kim yo—jong. she is saying this is a march of crisis and a march have worked from south korea. she is also giving seoul a warning that if this continues they may pull out of certain agreements. she also takes aim at the us saying if they want a peaceful four years in office and they want to sleep at night, they had better not cause a

america's top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number against the snowy backdrop of alaskaheir opening remarks, not too many warm words. (sots today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, — priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better_ global, so that china can better understand our administration's intentions and approach _ administration's intentions and approach. we will also discuss our deep — approach. we will also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china — our deep concerns with actions by china including in hong kong, _ by china including in hong kong, taiwan, attacks on the united — kong, taiwan, attacks on the united states, economic coercion towards our allies. i said — coercion towards our allies. i said that _ coercion towards our allies. i said that the united states relationship will be competitive or should be, collaborative can be an adversarial work it must be. the — adversarial work it must be. the people of the two countries in the _ the people of the two countries in the world, they are h

in that spirit, mr biden�*s secretary of state antony blinken and his secretary of defence lloyd austinals injapan and south korea. one of the top issues on their agenda? how to handle north korea�*s nuclear ambitions. here�*s what mr blinken had to say earlier. to reduce the risks of escalation, we reached out to the north korean government through several channels starting in mid february, including in new york. to date, we have not received a response from pyongyang. this follows over a year without active dialogue with north korea, but shortly thereafter, a response arrived. kim yo—jong, the powerful sister of north korea�*s leader kim jong—un, kimjong—un, commented on the biden administration, saying... for more, i�*m joined now by the bbc�*s seoul correspondent laura bicker. there are two big issues that these us officials are dealing with. one is north korea and one is china. let�*s start with north korea. what should they make of that statement coming from kim yo—jong? was it to be expected? coming from kim yo-'ong? was it to be expected?— coming from kim yo-'ong? was it to be e

secretary of state antony blinken has outlined the biden administration's foreign policy foreign and foreign policy priorities in a speech at the state department he says the u.s. must work with its allies to engage china our relationship with china will be competitive when it should be collaborative wanted can be an adversarial one it must be. the common denominator is the need to engage china from a position of strength that requires working without partners not denigrating because our combined weight is much harder for china to ignore it requires engaging in diplomacy and in international organizations because where we pulled back china is filled in it requires standing up for our values when human rights are abused and changing when democracy is trampled in hong kong because if we don't china will act with even greater impunity crossing jordan is live for us at the state department joins us now blinken called the relationship with china the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century so what sort of changes might we see in the u.s. relationship with china under biden. well the

secretary of state is in south korea as one of his 1st official trip abroad antony jenkins says all options are open in dealing with north korea brazil reports another record covered 19 deaths of more than 2600 in one day health services are on the verge of collapse and the dutch prime minister mark water stays in power in europe's 1st major election since the start of the core of our spending. thank you for joining us a political we shuffle is on the cards in tanzania after the death of president john michael 40 he was 61 and the government says he was suffering from heart disease but there's been speculation he had coded 19 vice presidents on yes one who haasan is the likely successor until the next election and 2025 under schapelle reports. thank you for the good job the last time john pomfret maggie fully was seen in public he was carrying out official duties and not wearing a mask not long into his 2nd term in office he suddenly vanished from public sight after 3 weeks of speculation came the announcement from vice president samuel haasan on state television. we lost our leader preside

us secretary say antony blinken and the defense secretary lloyd alston are making their 1st in person overseas trip to east asia washington's concerns about china are likely to dominate the tour as well as in jordan reports from the u.s. state department here in his 1st congressional testimony since becoming u.s. secretary of state antony blinken made it clear to legislators his upcoming meeting with top chinese officials in alaska won't be a social call we intend to raise and we will raise the host of issues some of which have already been touched on today that concern us we'll also explore whether there are avenues for cooperation and we'll talk about the competition that we have in china with china to make sure that the united states has a level playing field and that our companies and workers benefit from that blinken and white house national security advisor jake sullivan are meeting senior chinese foreign policy officials eulogies shia and one year at a time when the biden administration has declared beijing the u.s. is main global rival state department officials say the proble

but one thing that antony blinken mentioned to the chinese when they were lecturing america on our ownsm, secretary of state blinken said at least we acknowledge it, and that we are always striving to be a more perfect union. and we have mistakes and we have made mistakes. we will continue to make mistakes but we try to be open about it, we try to learn and we move forward. >> thank you, ambassador gary locke for that interview. >>> in an attempt to settle their drama, vladimir putin is challenging president biden to a live debate. relationship. more over, i just thought about. last nim the initiative of the telephone conversation came from president biden. i want to the invite biden to continue this discussion. but on condition that we do it live, online, without any delay, in an open, direct discussion. i think it would be interesting. >> now this is hardly the first time in history a dispute resulted in in kind of invitation. most of the bluster, not surprisingly involves politics. in the 1964 landan johnson turned down union requests to face barry galled water in a debate. ronald r

this is all coming from antony blinken as well. this, as beijing plans to further tighten their grip over the former british colony. antony blinken saying the u.s. stands with the people of hong kong. there we go. let's have a look at what might be happening in 2024 as we get over to new york and join vonnie quinn for the latest first word news. vonnie: former president trump has been teasing the idea of a white house run in 2024, but is rooting out starting a new party. he told the third party was just fake news and it would simply mean dividing right-leaning voters. trump repeated that he won last november's election and hinted at another run. >> i am not starting a new party. that was fake news. fake news. no. wouldn't that be brilliant? let's start a new party. let's divide our vote so that you can never win. vonnie: top russian critic alexei navalny has been moved from moscow to a penal camp that is said to be feared by even its own inmates. he was detained last month, accused of violating parole in 2014, and is now reported t

. >> later today, secretary of state antony blinken testifies on the biden administration's foreign policy agenda. watch the house foreign affairs committee live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. thursday a look at reliability of the u.s. electric grid, the senate energy and natural resources hearing begins at 10:00 eastern also on c-span 3. >> white house chief of staff ron klain talked about the chief administration's coronavirus responsible with punchbowl news, this about a half hour. >> i'm joined by fellow founder, jake, and we're thrilled it kick off punchbowl's focused on president biden first 100 days. a big thank you for edelman for making this possible. we want to bring you close to a key decision maker

. >>> this afternoon secretary of state antony blinken will testify about the biden administration's foreign policy agenda. watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing live at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight the lincoln forum hosts a discussion among current and former college professors on their approaches to teaching about abraham lincoln and the civil war era. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next congresswoman nancy mace talks about her life and career. elected toth the u.s. house in november, she was the first woman to graduate from the sit cell and first republican congresswoman from north carolina. the reagan institute hosted this event. >> congresswoman nancy mace, just terrific to have you at the reagan library. first, congratulations on your recent election, your recent victory. >> thank you so mu

hoping to strengthen the alliance against russia and china all eyes on the us secretary of state antony blinken with his challenge to rebuild washington's ties with nato after the trumpet ministration took a more hostile approach blinken reaffirmed the importance of america's partnership with the e.u. especially when it comes to countering beijing again what's so important both with regard to to nato and the issues we're dealing with but also the e.u. and our partnership with you is that. when we are working together when we are speaking with one voice when we are acting together we are much stronger and much more effective than any single one of us is doing it alone. well blinken went on to urge fellow nato member turkey to get rid of its russian air defense system he met turkey's foreign minister told you on the sidelines of the talks in brussels and korea's purchase of russia's s 400 missiles is led to divisions within nato some members say the system is a security risk and they worry about turkey developing closer ties with moscow is a white house correspondent kimberly help in wash

we need to strengthen bilateral alliances that addresses issues i also appreciate secretary antony blinken specifically calling out to china to say that they have a response ability to help get to the ultimate goal of nuclear free on the greater peninsula. [inaudible]. and in addition the subcommittee will spend quite a bit of time looking at the increase in china of russian and certainly we are saying when anti- democratic beers that are taking place in hong kong with real concern and we see the human rights that are taking place in beijing and promise against the population as well as what is happened for years and quÉbec. and also the south china sea in east tennessee with increasing concerns in the ranking member, can i have talked quite a bit about chinese aggression and increased aggression with taiwan and the importance of that we understand that the united states really does stand with taiwan and her allies. we've introduced fellowship act which will be first step but on the last step. his chinese aggression bubble going to have a history of competition with china, we found, our de

secretary of state antony blinken and u.s.yd austin just passed through wind are supposed to meet with their south korean counterparts. we will be watching closely and bring you any more headlines we have lester to sophie kamaruddin to check markets now. we have seen south korea and japan gaining ground, what should we watch out for? sophie: we have a mixed picture when it comes to asian share markets this morning. australian shares lower, weighted by banks, tech shares falling, but japanese shares are leading gains, the topics now above 2000, best since may 1991 of the biggest boost for the benchmark. japanese stocks gaining, you can see on the terminal, the white and blue lines, outpacing the taiex. nomura is expecting business sentiment in japan despite what we are seeing with virus cases as well as the state of emergency. they say it is supported by a recovery in exports and industrial production and are watching to see if companies boost capital spending. dollar extending losses at a two-week low while emerging currencies

secretary of state antony blinken sat down with his counterpart, and both are high-level officials. the meetings are aimed at easing strained relations between the world's biggest economies, but each side was critical of each other over human rights, trade, and international alliances. >> china-u.s. relations has met unprecedented difficulties. it hurts the interest of people from both nations. world peace and development. it should not continue. sec. blinken: i do hope this conversation will be one carried out to with confidence on both sides so it is not lectures or long winding statements. >> the united states itself does not represent international public opinion. neither does the western world. >> the alternative to a rules-based order is a world in which wright makes right and winner takes all, and that would be a far more violent and unstable world. >> with the wisdom of chinese people there is no way to strangle the chinese people. rishaad: let's get over to beijing and tom mackenzie. tom, pretty stinging rhetoric at the start of this meeting. it shows this relationship and

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haidi: antony blinken in his first trip to asia, accusing beijing of coercion and aggression.alks between the two countries this week could be difficult. france and italy could make a u-turn on the astrazeneca vaccine. they had did they will lift suspensions if medical regulators say the shot is safe. u.s. stocks snap a five-day winning streak, energy and industrials leading declines, the 10-year yields little changed as the fed gets set to meet. shery: look at u.s. futures, under little pressure after falling from the record high. there was a little correction in the markets today. we saw the s&p 500 falling, energy and industrials leading the decline, big tech gaining ground, the nasdaq 100 finishing .5% higher, the 10-year yields rising above 160, hovering near one-year highs. it fluctuated as we have the fed reserve beginning their meeting. we have retail sales tumbling, affected by bad weather. oil seeing its biggest fall in a week. we are seeing a little upside in the asian session. let's see how we are setting up for asian markets. sophie: futures are mixed this wednesd

blinken is not a natural statesman but what antony blinken really wanted to be was a pop star.e is one of his lesser known nonhits. ♪ ♪ our secretary of state brings you back to 1987 when the hanson brothers were the reigning boy band. that could have been tony blinken, but it wasn't. instead tony blinken memorized politicals' slogans. but when it came time for the show down with one of the leaders in the communist party of china, all tony blinken could muster was this. >> i have to tell you what i am hearing is very different from what you describe. i hear deep satisfaction that the united states is back. >> tucker: when i have to tell you, what i am hearing is very different. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states as fact. this is a bumper sticker. really, you are hearing that? from who? like tony blinken couldn't say nor could he managed to press any point conceivably to benefit our country, the united states. for example, where did covid come from? we still don't know. the chinese government likely does know, but they are not telling. scientists would like to

and china's military build up in the south china sea now from the very start us secretary of state antony blinken wasted no. time and calling out the chinese delegation also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china including actions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies each of these actions threaten the rules based order that maintains will stability that's why they're not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today but china wasn't having any of it chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang jiechi fired back by questioning america status as a leader on the global stage. when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying those things because the u.s. does not represent the world when it only represents the government of the united states. all right let's get more on this needing now we have jessica berlin with us she's a us political analyst based here in

secretary of state antony blinken has warned germany over its construction of a pipeline with russia speaking on his 1st visit to nato headquarters in brussels lincoln said orde stream to pipeline running from russia to germany ran counter to the european union's own interests he said he was due to meet his german counterpart to discuss the issue. lincoln also pledged to help rebuild the transatlantic alliance which he said is facing threats around the world we very much look forward to a productive couple of days of of discussions at really a pivotal moment for for the alliance i've come here to express the united states steadfast commitment to that alliance which has been the cornerstone of peace prosperity stability for the transatlantic community for more than 70 years our brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomenon is covering those talks in brussels at the center of the blinken says he wants to quote revitalize the nato alliance do we have any idea what he means by that. well i think that those remarks were clearly in mance to reassure allies that the u.s. is back that the u.s.

we have been listening to antony blinken make some remarks. he says the u.s.committed to continuing to lead with diplomacy. he says they will talk about human rights issues happening, concerns about hong kong and how the chinese government handled that situation and says that some chinese actions have threatened a world based order. -- a rule-based order. we will continue to bring you highlights. again, u.s. and chinese officials meeting for the first time in person since president biden took the white house. coming up, we are going to speak with the incoming ceo of qualcomm about the company's completion of the $1.4 billion acquisition of a chip design company. our interview is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> semi conductors or chips are in a central component in things we use every day. they are made from the material they gave silicon valley its name and they handle everything from artificial intelligence processing physical functions like translating the press of a button into an electronic signal. pink of them as the brain of a device. when the pandemic shu