Biden Asia Preview -- WEB
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- Biden Asia Preview -- WEB
- May 18, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script Biden Asia Preview (TV) HEADLINE: What to Expect From Biden’s Trip to Asia TEASER: China threat and Indo-Pacific region remain priority for U.S. amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine PUBLISHED AT: 05/18/2022 BYLINE: Patsy Widakuswara CONTRIBUTOR: Anita Powell DATELINE: White House VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, TD ok'd web v, Jepsen VIDEO SOURCE (S): AFP, AP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included. There is an accompanying Web.)) ((INTRO)) [[ U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to South Korea and Japan Thursday, after hosting Southeast Asian leaders at the White House last week. The administration’s spotlight on Asia is a clear signal that the Indo-Pacific region remains its priority, even as it focuses on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara is traveling with the president and has this report. ]] ((Biden ASEAN Family photo then focus on Biden, AP 4379504)) ((NARRATOR)) Following a two-day summit with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, U.S. President Joe Biden is heading to Seoul and Tokyo … ((Latest fighting in Ukraine Rtrs-WD847017052022RP1; AFP-V000_32AB2V3, Various Xi Jinping, AFP V000_9DZ7QL, Various Putin AP 4379632)) ((NARRATOR)) … despite a raging war in Ukraine — a signal that the Indo-Pacific remains the administration’s priority and China its greatest strategic challenge. It’s a synergy of trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic coalition-building … ((Sullivan walks in https://app.frame.io/player/7718164e-d01a-4e8c-a34d-1d0b2b088865 )) ((NARRATOR)) … said national security adviser Jake Sullivan. ((https://app.frame.io/player/a6ac8835-b187-448f-8841-7fb5aff949c6 )) ((Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser)) “President Biden’s unique capacity to actually stitch those two together is, I think, going to be a hallmark of his foreign policy.” ((Yoon Suk Yeol inauguration, AP-4379036; NK missile test, AP-4379719; Parade of new ICBM, AFP-V045_328Z29N; Recent NoKor military parade, AFP-V000_32AC6AQ)) ((NARRATOR)) In Seoul, Biden will meet the newly inaugurated South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after a series of ballistic missiles tests by Pyongyang. Officials are bracing for another launch while Biden is in the region. ((Stockshots of Nokor nuclear development, Rtrs-WD650008052022RP1 )) ((Natsound missile launch )) ((Tokyo Skyline AFP V000_VID826045_EN, Kishida AP 4379358, Modi AP 4376684, Morrison and Albanese, both stumping: AP-4380258; Australian election early voting, AP-4378864)) ((NARRATOR)) In Tokyo, Biden will participate in the Quad partnership summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and either Prime Minister Scott Morrison or his contender, Anthony Albanese, depending on who wins Saturday's Australian election. ((Ukraine fighting AFP-V000_32AF23F, AFP-V000_32AD8HN, Various Xi Jinping, AFP V000_9DZ7QL)) ((NARRATOR)) Biden will use the Ukraine crisis to signal to China that unilateral changes to the status quo by force — ((Taiwan holds military drills on island, Rtrs-VA497616032022RP1; Islands in the South China Sea)) ((NARRATOR)) whether in Taiwan or the disputed islands in the South China Sea — are unacceptable. ((Radio track: said Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, via Skype)) ((https://app.frame.io/player/9cf13b58-c0a1-4f4c-a1ff-88ead8edb17f TC 1:18)) ((Robert Daly, Wilson Center)) ((Skype)) “The administration // wants to make it very clear that there is strong support for Taiwan throughout the region and that there is tremendous capability there as there has proven to be capability in the trans-Atlantic alliance vis-à-vis Ukraine.” ((Streets in Solomon Islands: Rtrs-VAF58GSHZ, Solomon Island prime minister, AFP-V000_328K9U6; Chinese ministry and flag, Reuters USN: WDD7GB3UV, Chinese military vessels, AFP V000_1V53UH)) ((NARRATOR)) The Quad will also consult on the recent security agreement between the Solomon Islands and Beijing that has triggered fears of a Chinese military base in the strategic waters of the South Pacific. ((Radio track: Susannah Patton, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, via Skype)) ((https://app.frame.io/player/2249a708-5d20-4ca5-9d0d-32190642c976 TC 3:48)) ((Susannah Patton, Indo-Pacific Strategy Expert)) ((Skype)) “It has been fundamental to Australia's view of its own security that hostile powers should not be able to project force against Australia from the Pacific.” ((Tokyo Skyline AFP V000_VID826045_EN, Various of port and shipping containers, AFP V000_9773UX, Trump TPP V000_VID962998_FR , Obama file AFP-V000_VID962572_EN)) ((NARRATOR)) In Tokyo, Biden will launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the centerpiece of his administration’s economic policy in the region since the Trans-Pacific Partnership — the free-trade agreement that the Obama administration signed in 2016 and that the Trump administration withdrew from in 2017 ((Various of port and shipping containers, AFP V000_9773UX, Various Shanghai AFP V000_32744FK, Chinese money shots AFP V000_VID424922_EN)) ((NARRATOR)) There are scant details about the framework, but one thing is clear: the IPEF does not include the free-trade components that regional countries want. Despite several countries signaling interest in the framework, observers say this means the U.S. still lacks an attractive trade strategy to counter China’s increasing economic clout. Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, at the White House.
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Location (dateline) the White House
- Embargo Date May 18, 2022 16:29 EDT
- Byline Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, at the White House.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English