Setting the tone for the US-China ties for the next four years, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said that Washington needs to build a coalition of like-minded nations to confront Beijing. Biden said partnering with other democracies on China would "more than double" the US economic leverage over the country. In a bid to meet the security challenges against China and Russia, Biden said the US must make reforms to put itself in the strongest possible position. "And we need to close the gap between where our capabilities are now and where they need to be to better deter, detect, disrupt, and respond to these sorts of intrusions in the future," Biden added. Biden is set to occupy the White House in January next year.

Source: Mint December 29, 2020 00:45 UTC