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Japan, China and South Korea, meet at a geopolitical 'turning point in history' (www.reuters.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59118855

"Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. "That makes it even more important to overcome division and confrontation through dialogue and cooperation," he added.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was definitely the mood during the first Trump term, but it does seem that the realization is slowly sinking in that the nature of the relationship between the US and the vassals is changing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yet they're all maintaining their anti-Chinese tarrifs and policies; some are expanding upon them like Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

The US has a huge amount of economic leverage over them by design, so they can't just openly go against the US demands. It's going to be a process from realizing they need to wean themselves off the US market to actually making it happen.