Clinton Remarks on Korea FTA, TPP, India Dialogue, China Relations, Etc.
The State Department has posted remarks by Secretary Clinton at America's Engagement in the Asia-Pacific, in which Clinton stated that in 2011, the U.S. hopes to complete discussions on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement to permit its submission to Congress; is pressing ahead with negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership; will work for financial rebalancing at the G-20; and intends to create broad, sustained, and balanced growth across the Asia Pacific at the APEC Leaders Summit in Hawaii.
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Clinton noted that President Obama is planning a stop in India on his trip to Asia during the first week in November, which will bring together two top priorities -- renewed American leadership in Asia and a U.S.-India partnership that is elevated to an entirely new level.
Clinton also stated that in the 21st century, it is not in anyone’s interest for the U.S. and China to see each other as adversaries, and they are working together to chart a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship for this new century.