Washington:
US President Biden said that the United States is opposing China’s unfair economic practices, maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and revitalizing partnerships with allies such as India.
In his last State of the Union address before the November election, Biden said the United States wanted competition with China, not conflict.
Biden told Americans on Thursday that the United States is in a better position to compete with Beijing in the 21st century.
“We are standing up to China’s unfair economic practices and maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait while reinvigorating our partnerships with our allies and in the Pacific, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea and South Korea,” he said.
“For years, all I’ve heard from my Republican friends and many others is that China is rising and America is falling behind. They have it backwards. America is rising,” he said.
Biden said in his third State of the Union address to Congress on Thursday night that the United States has the best economy in the world. The speech was watched by millions of Americans Thursday night.
“Our gross domestic product has risen since I took office. Our trade deficit with China has dropped to its lowest point in more than a decade,” he said. “I have ensured that America’s most advanced technologies cannot be used in China. weapons. Frankly, despite his tough rhetoric on China, my predecessor never expected to do this,” Biden said.
“We are in a better position to compete with China or any other country for that matter to win in the 21st century,” the president said in his speech.
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