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Sec. Of State Blinken's First Foreign Trip Is To Japan, 15-18 Mar-WaPo

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee at WaPo tweets: "State Dept announces first travel for @SecBlinken, going to Tokyo and Seoul on March 15-18 along with @SecDef."

  • Choosing Japan as the destination for the first trip for Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and being accompanied by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, will act as an indicator to US allies in Asia, as well as China, that maintaining significant influence in the Pacific region remains high up Washington, D.C.'s list of foreign policy objectives.
  • May also come as something of a disappointment to the UK or EU nations. The former is attempting to tie itself closely to US foreign and security policy in the wake of leaving the EU, while some EU member states and the EU institutions are looking for a more cordial relationship with the US administration than was the case under President Trump.

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