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Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Pacific Islands Forum

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And this apparently will be based on renegotiating the americans tuna fishing in the pacific.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...resident-harris-at-the-pacific-islands-forum/

Today, I am also pleased to announce that we plan to triple U.S. funding for economic development and ocean resilience for the Pacific Islands.

We will request from the United States Congress an increase from $21 million per year to $60 million per year for the next 10 years. Sixty million dollars per year for the next 10 years.

These funds will help strengthen climate resilience; invest in marine planning and conservation; and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; and enhance maritime security.
Whole lot of promises about climate change and economics.

What do you think? Any chance that this might actually happen. And is it enough to counter the efforts of the chinese?
 
It's not enough, but it doesn't have to be. Australia and New Zealand add to the anti-China effort.

One thing to remember is that many islands have an ethnically Chinese community, and they're often engaged in business and (what there is of) the professions. The West needs actual people willing to go live in the Pacific, or its money will just seem patronizing. Fisheries and science are two fields to consider.
 
And this apparently will be based on renegotiating the americans tuna fishing in the pacific.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...resident-harris-at-the-pacific-islands-forum/
Whole lot of promises about climate change and economics.
What do you think? Any chance that this might actually happen. And is it enough to counter the efforts of the chinese?

"Ocean resilience?"
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"Climate resilience?"
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"Combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing?"
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I get the concept of combating illegal fishing - but how does one do combat with unreported fishing and unregulated fishing?

This maven of repetition and made-up words and phrases is a downright embarrassment to America.
Pure buffoonery, from a total incompetent.
 
"Ocean resilience?"
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"Climate resilience?"
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"Combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing?"
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I get the concept of combating illegal fishing - but how does one do combat with unreported fishing and unregulated fishing?

This maven of repetition and made-up words and phrases is a downright embarrassment to America.
Pure buffoonery, from a total incompetent.
Cameras on fishing boats and the american navy ( along with australia and nz ) patrolling for the illegal fishing boats.
 
It's not enough, but it doesn't have to be. Australia and New Zealand add to the anti-China effort.

One thing to remember is that many islands have an ethnically Chinese community, and they're often engaged in business and (what there is of) the professions. The West needs actual people willing to go live in the Pacific, or its money will just seem patronizing. Fisheries and science are two fields to consider.
The only field that america must consider is climate change. And unfortunately that is where america fails.
 
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