US President Joe Biden (left) and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands as they visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on May 20. Photo: AP
US President Joe Biden (left) and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands as they visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on May 20. Photo: AP
Anthony Rowley
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Anthony Rowley

Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic plan is yet another example of ‘with us or against us’ oversimplification

  • The latest Western attempt to counter Chinese geoeconomic strategy is nebulous to the point of meaninglessness and has little hope of success
  • Until the US and its allies are prepared to accept China as an equal, any attempts at ‘engagement’ will only come through a lens of conflict

Anthony Rowley
Anthony Rowley

Updated: 10:15pm, 22 May, 2022

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US President Joe Biden (left) and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands as they visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on May 20. Photo: AP
US President Joe Biden (left) and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shake hands as they visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on May 20. Photo: AP
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