Australia-Japan-United States Strategic Action Agenda

U.S. Department of Defense ^ | June 1, 2019 | Press Operations

[Candor7]

The defense ministers of Australia, Japan and the United States affirm their countries’ alignment in strategic interests and universal principles, including a commitment to democracy, human rights, free trade, and the rules-based international order. Together, the three countries recognize the importance of enhancing engagement with our Indo-Pacific partners, in order to foster regional prosperity, resilience and transparency in a time of geostrategic change.

The trilateral relationship complements the strong and effective bilateral defense relationships between each of the three countries, and enables us to pool our resources in support of peace, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. The three defense ministers are committed to advancing trilateral cooperation, enhancing engagement with like minded partners in the region, and reinforcing the rules-based global order through actively supporting key regional security and defense architectures.

This Strategic Action Agenda articulates our vision for trilateral activities, and our strong commitment to work both trilaterally and together with our regional partners. To that end, Australia, Japan and the United States intend to pursue the following lines of effort:

Strengthen trilateral cooperation in the areas of maritime security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping, counter-terrorism, amphibious activities, and non-conventional domains like space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum. In close collaboration with regional partners, identify and coordinate opportunities to build partner capacity through regular information sharing, complementary programs and cooperative activities. Increase the complexity and sophistication of trilateral exercises to enhance interoperability, build common understanding, and better enable our defence forces to work together to contribute to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Promote transparency, regional cooperation and the rule of law through port visits and other defense-related activities that demonstrate every nation’s right to freedom of navigation and overflight, in accordance with international law. Improve common understanding and shared regional situational awareness through enhanced trilateral information sharing.

The three defense ministers commit to identifying new opportunities to further trilateral cooperation, with the objectives of maintaining and promoting a free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

[Candor7]

Red China is at hand.

[ronnie raygun]

cornering them

[Candor7]

Exactly right Ronnie. Shanahan has visited every pacific Rim ally.

The GONG show is about to begin.

China will play nice or go back to exporting nothing but plastic water pistols and dinky toys.

Starving millions of Chinese will overthrow their commie masters.

[bert]

-----The defense ministers of Australia, Japan and the United States affirm their countries’ alignment in strategic interests and universal principles, including a commitment to democracy, human rights,free trade, and the rules-based international order.-----

So, our Secretary of Defense is apparently one of those globalist Free Traitors. The opposite is true. He is promoting American defense trade and values on a world wide basis.

He does not confine his thinking to under a rock

[central_va]

Free Trade is a goal that will never be achieved except between the 50 states. So preaching pie in the sky crap is what Free Traitors™ do, that and scare tactics.

So what do all the business schools all those other countries say and teach about tariffs? Since all of them practice abject mercantilism against us I guess they think they are great and, because of idiots like you, we are fools.

[bert]

blah blah blah blah yada yada isolationist claptrap yada.

[central_va]

Did you see what Trump tweeted about tariffs today? LOL!

[central_va]

People have been saying for years that we should talk to Mexico. The problem is that Mexico is an “abuser” of the United States, taking but never giving. It has been this way for decades. Either they stop the invasion of our Country by Drug Dealers, Cartels, Human Traffickers, Coyotes and Illegal Immigrants, which they can do very easily, or our many companies and jobs that have been foolishly allowed to move South of the Border, will be brought back into the United States through taxation (Tariffs). America has had enough!

@realDonaldTrump

[bert]

Not bad.

The tariffs are a whip to force Mexico to bring about change. After the change occurs, if it occurs, there will be a return to some version of the status quo.

If Mexico does not act, the tariffs will increase and Americans unwilling to pay the tax will cease Mexican imports. The revenue then gained will plumet asympotacially toward zeros

[central_va]

The let's keep the story going shall we? You said "the tariffs will increase and Americans unwilling to pay the tax will cease Mexican imports. The revenue then gained will plumet[sic] asympotacially toward zeros."

But is that end of the story or just the beginning? What will happen is the incentive to ON shore production will be huge. Then more workers will be hired and paying taxes and buying etc. etc.