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Biden's standing questioned as he arrives in Japan for G-7
by Naomi Lim, White House Reporter |
May 18, 2023 06:04 AM

President Joe Biden will disembark Air Force One in Japan to meet with leaders of some of the world's most advanced economies as the United States remains under threat of a default.

But Biden's decision to skip side trips to Australia and Papua New Guinea to take part in the debt ceiling negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is now also being criticized for handing a political win for China in the Indo-Pacific.

Biden will arrive in Hiroshima on Thursday as House Democrats pursue a discharge petition, a parliamentary procedure used to circumvent regular order in the chamber, to raise the debt ceiling, while Senate Democrats implore the president to rely on the 14th Amendment to increase the country's borrowing authority. That is despite Biden repeating to reporters during impromptu remarks at the White House before his departure that he is "confident" the U.S. will be able to pay its bills after June 1, the Treasury Department's "X-date."

But Biden also encountered questions after that speech about whether postponing stops in Australia and Papua New Guinea, during which he was supposed to meet his Quad counterparts from Australia, India, and Japan in Sydney, only helps China in the region.

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