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UMongameli Biden uzofika engqungqutheleni ye-Group of 7 e-Hiroshima, eJapan, ngoLwesine enohlu olukhulu lwezinto okufanele zenziwe: Qinisekisa abalingani baseNtshonalanga ngokuzibophezela kwe-US esifundeni sase-Indo-Pacific ngenkathi ufuna ubumbano lwezomnotho ngokumelene neChina neRussia.
Kepha ukungasebenzi kahle kwezepolitiki ekhaya bekubukela phansi i-ajenda yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yakwaBiden ngisho nangaphambi kokuthi i-Air Force One isuke e-US ngoLwesithathu ekuseni. NgoLwesibili yena izinhlelo ezichithiwe ukuvakashela ePapua New Guinea nase-Australia ngesonto elizayo, futhi esikhundleni salokho uzobuyela eWashington kule mpelasonto ngezingxoxo eziqhubekayo zomkhawulo wezikweletu namaRepublican eCongress.
UBiden ukhuhle umlenze wokugcina wohambo ngemuva kwalokho ukhuluma noSomlomo weNdlu uKevin McCarthy kanye nabanye abaholi bekhongolose bahlulekile ukwenza isivumelwano sokukhulisa izikweletu zikahulumeni futhi bagweme ukwehluleka okungase kuphazamise izimakethe, kuminyanise ukugeleza kwemali kanye kubangele inkinga yezimali emhlabeni wonke. UMnyango wezeziMali usuxwayise ngokuthi uhulumeni angase aphelelwe wukheshi okokuqala ngqa mhla lulunye kuJuni.
“Ukuthembeka konke kwaleli zwe … ubuholi bethu kuzo zonke izigaba buzothinteka ngokungakhokhi,” kuxwayisa u-Chuck Hagel, owayeyilungu lesigele seRiphabhulikhi yaseNebraska owayengunobhala wezokuVikela ngaphansi kukaMongameli Obama. “Ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi lapho iChina inselele iMelika njengamandla avelele emhlabeni.”
Ama-House Republicans anqabile ukunyusa umkhawulo wezikweletu – umkhuba owake waba yimpi yezepolitiki eminyakeni yamuva nje – ngaphandle uma i-White House ivuma ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali. U-Biden ubelokhu eqinile ukuthi lezi zinkinga zombili zihlukene. Uthe uyakujabulela ukuxoxisana ngokuncishiswa kwesabelomali ukuya phambili, kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi kungumthwalo weCongress ukuvumela uhulumeni ukuthi aqhubeke nokuboleka ukuze akhokhele izikweletu aziqoqile.
UBiden uveze ithemba ngaphambi kokuya eJapan ngoLwesithathu ekuseni.
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi sizosithola isivumelwano sesabelomali futhi iMelika ngeke ihluleke,” esho evela eRoosevelt Room of the White House. “Kungaba yinhlekelele emnothweni waseMelika nakubantu baseMelika uma singazikhokhi izikweletu zethu.”
Abasebenzi be-White House kanye ne-Republican Congress bahlela ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo ngenkathi i-Biden iphesheya, kodwa umphumela uzobhekwa kakhulu e-Hiroshima, lapho umnotho othuthuke kakhulu emhlabeni uzama ukuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini iphutha le-US.
Umongameli uhlela ukusebenzisa umhlangano waminyaka yonke womhlaba wonke ukuze amemezele imikhawulo emisha yokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-US eChina ezimbonini zobuchwepheshe ezithuthukile ezihlanganisa ama-semiconductors, i-quantum computing kanye ne-artificial intelligence. Ufuna abambisene nabo babeke izinyathelo ezifanayo.
I-US nezinye izizwe ze-G-7 – iBrithani, iCanada, iFrance, iJalimane, iJapan ne-Italy – nazo zicubungula izindlela zokukhuphula ingcindezi yezomnotho eRussia ekuphenduleni ukuhlasela kwayo okuqhubekayo kwe-Ukraine. Ukuvinjelwa okuphelele kokuthunyelwa kwempahla e-Russia kuphezu kwetafula.
Lokho kuthengiswe kanzima lapho i-US inyakaza onqenqemeni lwephutha, ngokusho kukaJosh Lipsky, umqondisi omkhulu we-GeoEconomics Center e-Atlantic Council think tank.
“Lokhu kufaka ukushuba kwesimo lapho i-US izama ukuphoqa laba abambisene nabo be-G-7 ukuthi benze okungaphezu kwalokho abakwenzile eRussia naseChina,” kusho yena. “Kodwa lolu daba olukhulu lukhathaza wonke umuntu.”
UMcCarthy (R-Bakersfield) uthe izinhlangothi zombili zisahlukene ngamamayela kodwa utshele izintatheli ngemuva kokuhlangana noBiden ngoLwesibili ukuthi kungenzeka kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni ekupheleni kwesonto. Yize uBiden egcizelele ukuthi akaxoxisani ngomkhawulo wesikweletu, uhambo lwakhe olufushane lukhombisa inqubekelaphambili kulesi simo esidonse izinyanga. Lezi zinhlangothi zombili zibukeka sengathi sezifinyelele izivumelwano eziqhubekayo ezindabeni ezimbalwa, okuhlanganisa ukubuyisa izimali ezingakasetshenziswa ze-COVID-19 kanye nokuphasisa ukuvumela izinguquko ezizosheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kwamandla.
Izikhulu zeWhite House zithe zinethemba lokuthi umdonsiswano wezezimali ngeke uxabanise abalingani be-G-7 noma ubukele phansi umgomo kamongameli wokujulisa ubudlelwano esifundeni sasePacific – okuyingxenye yomzamo obanzi wase-US wokulwa nezenzo zezomnotho nezempi zaseChina ezinonya kakhulu.
Abaholi be-G-7 “bazi ukuthi amandla ethu okukhokha izikweletu zethu ayingxenye ebalulekile yokwethembeka nobuholi base-US emhlabeni jikelele,” umkhulumeli weNational Security Council uJohn F. Kirby etshela izintatheli ngoLwesibili. “Bayaqonda ukuthi umengameli naye kumele agxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi asenzi iphutha nokuba nalezi zingxoxo nabaholi bekhongolose.”
UKirby uveze ukuthi iBiden izohlangana nabaholi beQuadrilateral Security Dialogue – eyaziwa ngokuthi yiQuad alliance – eceleni kwengqungquthela ye-G-7. Leli qembu, elihlanganisa i-US, India, Japan kanye ne-Australia, bekumele livele echwebeni laseSydney Opera House ngoMeyi 24. Yize uBiden ekuhoxisile ukuvela kwakhe emhlanganweni weQuad, umeme uNdunankulu wase-Australia u-Anthony Albanese emhlanganweni. I-White House ngokuvakasha kombuso okusemthethweni okuzonqunywa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Omongameli bangaphambili baseMelika bahoxise uhambo lwangaphandle ukuze babhekane nezimpi zasekhaya. U-Obama waphoqeleka ukuthi akhansele uhambo lwango-2013 oluya e-Indonesia naseBrunei ngenxa yokuvalwa kukahulumeni okungase kube khona, kwathi uMengameli uClinton weqa isithangami se-Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation eJapan ngo-1995 ukuze alungise inkinga yesabelomali.
Kepha “umhlaba ubheke phansi kakhulu futhi uyaguquguquka futhi awuqinisekile manje,” kusho uHagel. Ukuhlasela kweRussia ngokugcwele e-Ukraine sekushintshile ukuhleleka komhlaba, kanti ukungezwani neChina mayelana neTaiwan kukhuphule uthuthuva lwempi eSouth China Sea futhi kwashiya lesi sifunda sisemaphethelweni.
Yize kungacaci kahle ukuthi yini engenzeka uma i-US ibingasikhokhi isikweletu sayo, njengoba ingakaze yenze njalo, ukuwa komnotho kungase kuqede ukuzethemba futhi kwehlise ukuthembela kwamanye amazwe edolani, ngokusho kukaLipsky.
Idola laseMelika liwuhlobo lwemali esakazwa kabanzi emhlabeni wonke, lithatha cishe u-60% wezimali ezigciniwe zamabhange amakhulu, ngokusho kwe-International Monetary Fund. Ukwehla kwenani ledola kungase kwenze amazwe ayeke ukuthembela ebhange, kuqede ukubusa kwayo njengemali ebekiwe emhlabeni.
Noma yikuphi ukwehluleka kungaba “inxeba elikhulu lokuzilimaza” futhi kubukela phansi isikhundla se-United States samazwe ngamazwe, kusho uJonathan Kirshner, uprofesa wesayensi yezepolitiki kanye nezifundo zamazwe ngamazwe eBoston College.
“Uma i-United States ihluleka ngokuzithandela nangokungadingekile esikweletini sayo esizimele, lokho kuzoba iphuzu ledatha elibaluleke kakhulu emazweni enza uhlolo mayelana nalokho akulindele ngokuziphatha kwe-US … mayelana nokwethembeka kwayo, mayelana nokuthi ibuswa abantu abadala ekamelweni aba bayakwazi ukuthuthukisa izimfuno zaseMelika,” kusho uKirshner.
Isinqumo sikaBiden sokweqa umlenze wesibili wohambo lwakhe ngeke sibonakale singabonwa eBeijing, lapho uMengameli waseChina uXi Jinping ekhulise ukungabaza ngokwethembeka kweMelika futhi wabeka uhlelo lokubusa lwaseChina njengenye indlela yentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga.
UXi, ongenawo amaqembu aphikisayo okumele azikhathaze ngawo, nguyena umholi onamandla kunabo bonke Chinese emashumini eminyaka futhi angabambelela esikhundleni sakhe impilo yakhe yonke. UBiden, okumele abhekane nenselelo yokuqokwa kabusha ngonyaka ozayo, akakwazi ukuthembisa ukuqhubeka kwalolo hlobo.
“Lokhu elikushoyo kwabaqhudelana nabo kanye nabamelene nathi emhlabeni wonke ukuthi: Lokhu kuwubufakazi obuningi bokuthi i-United States iyizwe elinciphayo,” kusho uHagel.
Umongameli ubehlelelwe ukuthi ame ePapua New Guinea, lapho ebehlele ukuchitha amahora ambalwa nabaholi basePacific Island njengoba i-US iqhubeka nokuqhudelana neChina ukuze ibe nethonya ePacific. UBiden, obengaba ngumongameli wokuqala wase-US ohleli kuleliya lizwe, uphathe abaholi basePacific Island eWhite House ngonyaka odlule.
Ukuvakasha kwakhe osekukhanseliwe manje e-Australia bekuzoba okokuqala njengomengameli kanye nomhlangano wesine phakathi kwabaholi beQuad selokhu athatha izintambo.
“Isimo sobumongameli sibhekana nezindaba eziningi ezibucayi ngesikhathi esisodwa, ngakho-ke nginethemba lokuthi sizoqhubeka nokuthuthuka ekugwemeni ukwenza iphutha kanye nokufeza isibopho saseMelika njengomholi emhlabeni,” kusho uBiden. umgubho weNyanga Yamagugu AseMelika e-White House ngemuva kokuhlangana noMcCarthy ngoLwesibili.
Ube esexwayisa ngokuthi, uma kungenjalo kuzowucekela phansi umnotho, “futhi isithunzi sethu somhlaba wonke sizolimala kakhulu uma singakuvumela lokho ukuba kwenzeke.”
