The meeting, to be held during the Shangri-La Dialogue next week, will be the first between Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Admiral Dong Jun since they spoke on the phone in April.
The discussions, which will take place in California, will concentrate on industrial decarbonisation, carbon markets and clean energy deployment.
A project to mine gallium in a national forest would help reduce US reliance on China but it faces local opposition from conservationists.
Eric Garcetti defends India’s role as check against China, pointing out its early TikTok ban and loss of soldiers along the disputed border.
Bilateral working group sessions meant to build on agreements reached last year and restore top-level engagement as pledged at Xi-Biden summit.
American vulnerability to Chinese overcapacity also a concern being tackled, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tells key House Appropriations committee.
Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy to the US under president-elect William Lai Ching-te also says most on the island ‘prefer the status quo’.
US president tries to make case that countries would improve economically if they welcomed immigrants, but some warn that his words are a diplomatic blunder.
House Armed Services Committee hears Washington’s concerns that Moscow plans to arm a satellite with an ‘indiscriminate’ device.
Decision whether to take part in demonstrations fraught with concerns as ‘it is already precarious to be Chinese in the US in these times’, says one.
Since the pandemic, US East Coast ports have invested in expanded container terminals, adopted new technology for inventory management and made other upgrades.
Xiaolei Wu, who was studying jazz at the Berklee College of Music, will be deported after serving his sentence in a US prison, a federal judge orders.
Legislation, packaged with major foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now heads to President Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law.
Meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi expected to cover unfair trade practices and industrial overcapacity in ‘productive and constructive’ trip.
World’s foremost index provider alone channelled US$3.7 billion into entities boosting People’s Liberation Army, says congressional report.
Biden administration ‘taking a serious look’ at existing tools to deal effectively with Beijing’s policies causing ‘dependencies and vulnerabilities’.
‘These meetings were not about any one other nation. This was about deepening and revitalising existing alliances and partnerships and strengthening some new ones.’
‘China’s current external stance and military actions present … the greatest strategic challenge,’ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells joint session of Congress.
Ahead of the dinner, US President Joe Biden announces Tokyo’s gift of 250 cherry blossom trees: ‘Like our friendship, these trees are timeless, inspiring and thriving.’
Fumio Kishida says that in areas like semiconductors, AI, quantum computing and biotech, it is ‘increasingly important for the two countries to build resilience’ as the two allies work to counterbalance China.
Joined by the Philippine president, leaders will showcase ‘support and solidarity’ for common vision of South China Sea, White House official says.
Meeting in Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday was first face-to-face consultation since Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed to resume military dialogue in November.
Intel chief executive Patrick Gelsinger discusses developments in the technology industry, implications of geopolitical conflicts on global trade, and leadership lessons learned.
White House says it is monitoring situation in self-ruled island and its potential impact amid recovery efforts in hard-hit eastern Hualien city.
Washington’s response comes days after Beijing says it changed names of mountains, rivers and residential areas in the Indian-administered Arunachal Pradesh state.
Posts that cite Beijing as a possible suspect reflect rising alarm about China in the US and recent statements by Washington officials, analysts say.
Wreckage shuts down ninth largest harbour in the US and a vital link to China, which a leading consumer of coal shipped through the port.
