In Tokyo, Blinken And Austin Work To Revive Asian Alliance To Counter China
The first Cabinet-level trip abroad of the Biden administration is squarely focused on the challenge presented by China to U.S. primacy. Blinken will also meet with his Chinese counterpart in Alaska.
SEOUL, South Korea - In Tokyo on Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin put U.S. alliances, and cooperation with allies to counter China's challenges to U.S. primacy, at the center of the Biden administration's foreign policy in its first Cabinet-level trip abroad.
Blinken promised the U.S.'s unwavering commitment to Japan "through the full range of its capabilities, including nuclear." A by the Trump administration's sometimes dismissive view of alliances.
