Govt rights push urged under Biden

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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