Indo-Pacific Alliance: after South Korea, Joe Biden expected in Japan

Sunday, May 22, 2022, US President Joe Biden is visiting Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek.

During the day, he continues his tour of Asia in Japan.

REUTERS - JONATHAN ERNST

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US President Joe Biden arrives in Tokyo this Sunday after spending more than two days in South Korea to reaffirm the United States' commitment to defending its South Korean ally against North Korea and to stress the need to maintain the 'free and open' Indo-Pacific region and preserve global supply chains.

The American president is coming to Tokyo to take part in the Quad summit on Tuesday, which brings together the United States, Japan, India and Australia. 

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with our correspondent in Tokyo,

For Joe Biden, the Quad alliance must serve to contain the rise of China in the

, given the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and increasing military maneuvers between China and Russia in the zone.

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: Indo-Pacific: the revival of the Quad, a tool against China?

In Tokyo, this informal alliance will add an economic program to its security framework because of the difficulties with India on defense issues.

The United States will unveil a new economic grouping, open to countries in the Indo-Pacific region, intended to integrate environmental, trade, digital standards and establish supply chains without China. 

This grouping called Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the English acronym of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, has little interest for the countries of Southeast Asia because it does not offer any commercial advantage for the exports of their products to the American market.

Japan is pushing the United States to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which brings together the countries of Asia-Pacific and the two Americas.

from this more open trade partnership.

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