
The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to resist “economic coercion” and stressed the need for stability in the Taiwan Strait, striking an implicit blow at China just days before President Xi Jinping’s summit at the White House. The three countries plan to hold new talks on economic security and strengthen the trilateral supply chain early warning system, according to a statement issued after a meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Japanese counterparts Toshimitsu Motegi and Chu.