WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said in his final foreign policy speech to US diplomats on Monday that the US is “winning the competition around the world” in a new era of global economy and technology.
“America is winning more competition around the world than it was four years ago,” he said in a speech at the State Department. went to war to accomplish these things.”
Outgoing Biden said the US and its allies “can’t walk away” from Ukraine, as he prepares to step down and hand power to Donald Trump next week.
Welcoming US and international support for Kiev after Moscow’s 2022 invasion, Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had “failed to achieve any of his strategic objectives” but that “much more It has to be done, we can’t back down.”
Biden said that America will remain the biggest superpower in the world and China will never be able to overtake us.
“According to the latest predictions, on China’s current path they will never outrun us — period,” Biden said, adding that Washington has “responsibly” managed its complicated relationship with Beijing. has taken over and these relations “never escalated into conflict”. years as president.
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