WASHINGTON (AP) – As the door opens, the Trump administration is bringing in new rules, regulations and orders that it hopes will address a number of foreign policy issues under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration and President Donald Trump’s “America First” legacy. In matters.
However, the pressure will not work, as many of these decisions will be revised by a returning or significantly incoming president when he takes office on January 20.
In recent weeks, the White House, the State Department and other agencies have been working overtime to make new policy announcements in Iran, Israel, China and elsewhere with the goal of locking up Trump’s vision for the world. Some have attracted considerable attention while some have flown in large numbers under the radar.
And, while Biden may reverse many of them with a stroke of the pen, while some will come to power with other priorities, some will require time and attention to their administration, which probably needs more immediate attention.
The most recent part of the movement took place this past week as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made his last visit to Israel as Secretary of State and made two announcements in support of Israel’s claims in the area claimed by the Palestinians.
Biden’s team has remained silent on the announcements, but Biden has made it clear that he supports some of them, if any, and will oppose many, as he intends to return to a more traditional policy towards the people of Israel and Palestine.
Even before the former vice president was formally announced as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, the Trump administration’s decision-making efforts to thwart a possible biden policy coup that began months ago, with China, the end of half the world from the Jewish state.
As Biden began to emerge as a clear favorite to defeat Trump in November, the administration also began to move forward, with the president maintaining a publicly tight and confident face toward his election.
Some officials hinted at Pompeo’s announcement on July 13 that the United States would now reject all of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which shifted 180 degrees from the previous administration’s position that all such claims should be handled by arbitration.
While many of Trump’s foreign policy decisions from the beginning have been designed to undermine the previous administration’s foreign policy achievements – the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris Climate Accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership on trade – the South China Sea decision was the first. Could.
An administration official said at the time that the decisions that followed would be made with a view to Biden becoming president. Thus, fears that Trump began holding on to being a one-term president in July and then proceeded with the intent to thwart any counterterrorism carried out primarily by Biden.
Take a look at some of these moves:
Israel
On Thursday, before making an unprecedented trip to the West Bank for an Israeli settlement, Pompeo announced that groups advocating for Palestinian rights would be considered “anti” by the U.S., then supporting a boycott, disintegration and sanctions movement against Israel.
He also announced changes to import labeling rules that would require products made in the colonies to be identified as “Made in Israel.” Product labeling will take some time in effect and, so far, no groups with antisymmetic designations have been affected. But, even if it is implemented, Biden can reverse them on the first day.
Those steps followed a number of other Israel-friendly steps taken by the administration since it came into office. It would recognize Jerusalem as the capital, move the American embassy there from Tel Aviv, and cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority and the UN refugee agency that works with the Palestinians. While Biden is unlikely to relocate the embassy to Tel Aviv again, other measures could quickly change.
Iran
Pompeo and other officials have spoken of new pressure for sanctions against Iran, but the fact is that the administration has been hitting such fines since Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal two years ago. The new sanctions would potentially target supporters of the Iranian-backed military in Iraq and Afghanistan in Yemen’s Shiite Houthi movement, which is embroiled in a devastating war with the country’s internationally recognized government.
Biden has expressed a desire to rejoin the nuclear deal, and Iranian officials have said he would be willing to return to complying with the deal if he does. The Biden executive order could remove many of the Trump administration’s imposed sanctions, but it’s not clear how much of a priority it will be.
Broader Middle East
While a significant number of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. While the withdrawal of troops – bringing military levels in each country to 2,500 – is a clear indication of Trump’s intentions, Biden’s approach is less certain. Withdrawals by the Pentagon could be delayed or delayed, and it is unclear how the State Department will handle staff at its embassies in Baghdad and Kabul, both of which are U.S.-backed. Based on military support.
Pompeo has threatened to strike U.S. forces in Baghdad until a rocket attack by Iranian-backed forces against the area in which it is located is stopped. The embassy will close. However, despite the decision to withdraw troops last week, no announcement has been made about the status of the embassy.
China
However, the administration’s toughest crackdown on China began more than a year ago, but has gained momentum since March, when Trump decided he would once again blame China for spreading the novel coronavirus and accuse Biden of being soft on Beijing. .
Since then, the administration has continuously increased sanctions against China over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, Hong Kong and the South China Sea. It has also taken a stand against Chinese telecom giant Huawei and demanded a ban on Chinese social media applications such as Ticket OK and WeChat.
Last week, the State Department’s policy planning office released a 70-page China policy strategy document. While it contains little like immediate policy recommendations, it favors increased support and cooperation with Taiwan. Indeed, as soon as the document was published, U.S. officials and Washington were meeting in Washington to discuss economic cooperation with Taiwanese counterparts.
Russia
Sunday marked the formal withdrawal of the U.S. from the “Open Skies Treaty” with Russia, which allowed each country the right to inspect military facilities. Withdrawing six months after the U.S. notified Russia of its intent, the only weapon-control treaty between the enemies of the pre-zero war continues – the New Start Treaty, which limits the number of nuclear weapons each. That treaty will expire in February.
The Trump administration has said it is not interested in extending the new start-up treaty until China joins, something Beijing has rejected. However, in recent weeks, the administration has softened its stance and said it is ready to consider expansion. As the transition to the Biden administration approaches, negotiations remain a work in progress.
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