Govt rights push urged under Biden
US likely to return to Asia, seminar told
Thailand should improve its standard of democracy and human rights during the leadership of US President-elect Joe Biden and a likely continued trade war with China, a panel was told yesterday.
Prapee Apichatsakol, a political science lecturer at Srinakharinwirot University and vice president of the American Studies Association in Thailand, said US-China relations have now reached “the point of no return” after they soured during President Donald Trump’s yet-to-end administration.
“Mr Biden will continue the trade war and the Indo-Pacific strategy, though in a subtle manner. For example, the US contained the rise of China through its international coalition during the Cold War and the era of George H W Bush,” she told the forum.
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