Secretary of State Marco Rubio mapped out US strategy for managing Russia’s close relationship with China, saying Washington wants to dilute ties without sowing division between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
US President Donald Trump is looking to forge more deals to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “I think there’s more big deals like that coming under President Trump,
The absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio hung over the year’s first high-level meeting of the world’s largest economies, with diplomats fretting over turbulent times.
The Trump administration is working to deepen ties to counter the rising threat from China in Asia.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have pointed to land expropriation laws and race-based policymaking as a stumbling block to bilateral cooperation, but a proxy battle between China and Taiwan is beginning to involve U.
Foreign ministers from G20 countries will meet in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid diplomatic tensions between South Africa and the U.S. Diplomats including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are expected to attend the gathering.