Foreign media: The U.S., Latin America, and ASEAN have big ambitions and little ability to "counter China"

　　Foreign media: The U.S., Latin America, and ASEAN have big ambitions and little ability to "counter China"

　　Reference News Network

on May 12, the two-day US-ASEAN summit opened in Washington on Thursday.

Foreign media believe that the United States tried to use this summit to win over ASEAN countries to "counter China", but it was powerless.

　　According to Kyodo News Washington on May 12, U.S. President Biden attended the opening ceremony of the U.S.-ASEAN summit and announced in his speech that he would invest $150 million in ASEAN for infrastructure, maritime security and other projects.

　　The White House said the meeting, held against the backdrop of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, was designed to demonstrate the United States' "enduring commitment" to ASEAN.

　　The meeting will also discuss the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the Indo-Pacific region, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said Wednesday.

He also said that the United States hopes to use the meeting to "transmit the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait."

　　Then-President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would withdraw from a trans-Pacific free trade deal, sparking concerns about a decline in U.S. economic influence in the region.

Against this backdrop, the Biden administration has proposed a new partnership called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

The initiative "aims to boost trade, manage the digital economy, improve supply chain resilience and promote investment in infrastructure," the report said.

　　In his opening remarks, Biden pledged to spend $150 million on infrastructure, security, epidemic preparedness and other efforts aimed at countering the influence of rival China, Reuters reported.