Outgoing US President Donald Trump's term in office has been marked by an escalation in tensions between the US and China. Now that Joe Biden is poised to take over the White House next week, and with the recent surprise release of Trump's Indo-Pacific strategy, we speak to Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, for his thoughts on whether the Trump administration achieved its objectives in reducing China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region.



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Outgoing US President Donald Trump's term in office has been marked by an escalation in tensions between the US and China. Now that Joe Biden is poised to take over the White House next week, and with the recent surprise release of Trump's Indo-Pacific strategy, we speak to Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, for his thoughts on whether the Trump administration achieved its objectives in reducing China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

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