This resource tracked statements, developments, visits, and other interactions in US-Indo-Pacific relations under the President Trump administration. Special focus was given to the comments and activities of President Donald J. Trump; Vice President Mike Pence; United States Trade Representative Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Jr.; former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson; former Secretary of Defense James Mattis; and former Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper.
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Secretary Pompeo's Remarks in Athens Greece - China
"MODERATOR: Okay, makes sense. You mentioned China before in your speech, and you called it a “systemic rival.” So the U.S. has warned its allies to avoid Chinese companies and Chinese intervention in infrastructure projects. Considering the fact that China already owns Greece’s biggest port and is investing heavily in the whole region, how concerned are you about that? Is it something that you have discussed with the Greek Government? And also, another factor: Greece is coming out of a steep crisis, and urgently needs…
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Secretary Pompeo and Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias - North Korea
QUESTION: Thank you very much. I’ve got a couple of questions for Secretary Pompeo, please. Firstly, a quick one on North Korea. Are you making any progress with the North Koreans in Stockholm this weekend? [...]
SECRETARY POMPEO: So it’s too early to know if we make any progress in Stockholm with respect to North Korea. I’m hopeful that we will. We came with a set of ideas. We hope that the North Koreans came with a good spirit and a willingness to try to…
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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure - China and North Korea
Q Sir, what did you say to the Chinese about the Bidens, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know. Somebody said that a long time ago. Was that in 2017? I don’t know. You’d have to tell me when. All I can tell you is this: When I speak to foreign leaders, I speak in an appropriate way. If you notice, they don’t mention the call that I had with the President of Ukraine. They don’t mention that because it was so good.
The only time…
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Op-Ed by Secretary Ross - China, Japan, and South Korea
"Thanks to President Donald J. Trump, the United States is no longer subsidizing the growth of other countries at the expense of American jobs and American wages. In the post-World War II world, the United States helped rebuild the economies of our allies and friends in Europe, Asia and South America through enervating trade agreements or by looking the other way in the face of predatory trade policies. But as many of these countries grew into economic behemoths, America’s trade policy did not change.
Permanent…
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Secretary Pompeo’s Meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar
"Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday in Washington, DC. Secretary Pompeo and Minister Jaishankar discussed a range of issues, including the growing U.S.-India strategic relationship, developments in Kashmir, and global issues of concern. They also discussed plans to advance our complementary visions of a free and open Indo-Pacific region following the successful Quadrilateral Consultations on the margins of the UN General Assembly last week."
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Secretary Pompeo with Giovanna Pancheri of Sky TG24 - China
"QUESTION: Talking about trade, we move to China. Of course today you were very clear, also in your statement and during the press conference, warning Italy about the, let’s say, predatory approach that China can have sometimes. And I interviewed personally Prime Minister Conte just one week ago, and he said to me that even though it will be vigilant, he cannot actually forbid for a private company to enter into the Italian market. So my question to you is: If Huawei is going to…
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Secretary Pompeo And Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio At a Press Availability - China
"QUESTION: Thank you both for being here. I’d like to, I guess, address the question to both of you. You can kind of take it in whichever order, whoever wants to kind of go first. Primarily oriented towards, I guess, what is conveniently termed kind of the Belt and Road these days, but in a – on a somewhat broader basis, not just with Huawei, but does the U.S. have any specific plans in terms of how to counter China’s investment in these major critical…
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Secretary Pompeo With Maurizio Molinari of La Stampa - China
"QUESTION: Are we facing the (inaudible) U.S. tariff on Italian goods, and how can we avoid that?
SECRETARY POMPEO: So I’ve seen the results of the decision today. They – they’re consistent with what we’d anticipated. We believed all along that the WTO would rule in this way. We’ll now work through it, what the appropriate response is. I will certainly talk to the EU and we’ll get to the right outcome.
As I’ve said before, we’ll do our best to accommodate each country, but…
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Secretary Pompeo's Remarks to the Holy See Symposium on Working with Faith-Based Organizations: “Human Dignity and Faith in Free Societies”
"A story. Last week in New York City, in a packed conference room in the Palace Hotel, three ethnic Uighurs took the stage at an event organized by the United States Department of State. One of them was a woman named Zumrat Dawat.
In April of last year, Mrs. Dawat – a 30-something, mother of three – was summoned to the local police station in Xinjiang, China. She was shackled, interrogated, and taken to an internment camp, where she was forced to recite Chinese propaganda…