Newsinc24 Team 
The United States and Europe have pledged deeper cooperation on countering China, with an agreement to start a formal US-European Union dialogue on the matter. South China Morning Post reported that the cooperation in countering China's increasing assertiveness includes North Atlantic Treaty Organization closing ranks with like-minded democracies in the Asia Pacific region. Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell, the EU Chief for Foreign Affairs said, they decided to continue meetings at the senior official and expert levels on topics such as reciprocity, economic issues, resilience, human rights, security multilateralism and areas for constructive engagement with China, such as climate change.
Glad to meet @SecBlinken in Brussels today.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) March 24, 2021
EU-U.S. relations are back. We agreed on stronger cooperation on key issues, such as the EU-US dialogue on China, cooperation on security and defence matters, JCPOA and Russia.
Joint statement: https://t.co/azNPzudM5r pic.twitter.com/YoJA2SOVmK
Earlier, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a discussion with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he plans build partnerships with Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China, as the military alliance of 30 European and North American nations develops its strategic plan, known as NATO 2030.
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