Pacific Winds 20250203
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
Trump signs executive orders imposing steep tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico
SCMP 20250202
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3297045/trump-signs-executive-orders-imposing-steep-tariffs-china-canada-and-mexico
Trump’s Tariffs Put China in a Difficult Spot
NYTimes 20250202
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/trump-tariffs-china.html
Latest U.S. tariffs draw opposition, retaliations
Xinhua 20250202
https://english.news.cn/20250202/411d2861ba6a48819bbfe1f70e7e3f5c/c.html
China firmly deplores and opposes US tariff move: China's FM, MOFCOM, CCPIT
GT 20250202
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1327749.shtml
S. Korea companies brace for impact from Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico
Yonhap 20250202
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250202002400320
Japan concerned over impact of U.S. tariffs on China, others
Kyodo 20250202
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/02/b5f06c82491a-japan-concerned-over-impact-of-us-tariffs-on-china-others.html
US attempt to shift the blame onto China for the fentanyl issue undermines the multilateral trading system
GT 20250202
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1327753.shtml
N. Korea says U.S. arms aid cannot 'save' S. Korea from strategic deficiency
Yonhap 20250201
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250202000500315
Trump says North Korea is a nuclear power. Why does it matter to China?
SCMP 20250201
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3296930/trump-says-north-korea-nuclear-power-why-does-it-matter-china
LDP conservatives frustrated by Ishiba's diplomacy with China
Japan News 20250202
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/02/japan/politics/ldp-conservatives-frustrated/
ASEAN response to a Trump-generated Chinese economic tsunami
EAF 20250202
https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/02/02/asean-response-to-a-trump-generated-chinese-economic-tsunami/
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Governor: Same issues, different approach in 902 talks
Marianas Variety 20250203
https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/governor-same-issues-different-approach-in-902-talks/article_ae324278-e0ec-11ef-8963-5b57a60e26e9.html
Taiwan + SCS
Trump’s trade war to have spillover impact on Taiwan
Taiwan News 20250202
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6027619
Taiwan tracks 8 Chinese military aircraft and 6 ships
Taiwan News 20250202
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6027608
PLA holds combat readiness patrols around hotly disputed South China Sea shoal
SCMP 20250203
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3297077/pla-holds-combat-readiness-patrols-around-hotly-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal
Capabilities
China’s Type 055 destroyer can stop US fleet with unmanned ‘kill web’, war game suggests
SCMP 20250202
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296056/chinas-type-055-destroyer-can-stop-us-fleet-unmanned-kill-web-war-game-suggests
Home-grown aircraft carrier Fujian will be the tip of China’s blue-water spear
SCMP 20250202
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3297057/home-grown-aircraft-carrier-fujian-will-be-tip-chinas-blue-water-spear
The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution
USNI Proceedings 2025 February
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/february/nation-needs-shipbuilding-revolution
The future of China's new information support force
Defense One 20250202
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/02/future-chinas-new-information-support-force/402677/