German Chancellor Scholz Visits Washington, China’s Congress Convenes, Cambodian Opposition Leader On Trial, and More

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Council on Foreign Relations

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss U.S.-German security cooperation in NATO and in the Indo-Pacific; China’s National People’s Congress begins its legislative session; Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha awaits the verdict of his treason trial as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s authoritarian grip tightens; and political tensions rise in Nigeria as the country reacts to Bola Tinubu’s presidential win. Mentioned on the Podcast "Satellite Photos Show Expansion of Chinese-funded Naval Base in Cambodia," Radio Free Asia For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/german-chancellor-scholz-visits-washington-chinas-congress-convenes-cambodian-opposition

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Chancellor Olaf Schultz visits Washington.
0:05.0	China holds its two sessions the main political event of the year,
0:08.0	and a leading Cambodian opposition figure faces his treasoned trial verdict.
0:12.0	It's March 2nd, 2023 in time for the world next week.
0:16.0	I'm Bob McMahon.
0:25.3	And I'm Carla Ann Robbins.
0:27.5	Carla, let's kick it off right here in Washington, D.C., where German Chancellor Olaf Schultz
0:32.2	will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House.
0:34.7	They are expected to discuss U.S. German cooperation on a range of
0:38.6	security issues. Front and center, obviously, is the Ukraine question, NATO support, and German support,
0:45.2	among other things, as well as the shared challenges posed by China, which is increasingly entering
0:50.6	the conversation between these two countries. What else should we be looking for? So Bob, first of all, have you been invited? No, I'm kidding. This is the Chancellor's second White House visit.
0:59.3	He came to D.C. in early February of last year, soon after he was elected. And it was just two and a half
1:04.3	weeks before the invasion of Ukraine began. And at the time, there were a lot of questions about how reliable an ally Germany was really going to be if Russian tanks crossed the border.
1:12.9	And since then, Schultz has defied the skeptics, and even if it has taken some really
1:16.7	serious care on feeding to get them there.
1:19.4	The Germans have shown a remarkable willingness to accept economic pain.
1:23.4	Schultz suspended the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project despite the warnings of disaster
1:28.3	from his own business community. And while it was really hard for a lot of European countries
1:32.9	to wean themselves from Russian energy, it's been particularly costly for Germany, which
1:36.9	imported about 55% of its gas from Russia and about more than third of its oil. You know, I remember
1:42.9	we were talking about it.
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