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U.S. NEWS Friday 3 November 2023

The Biden administration pushes for more U.S.-Latin America trade,

seeking to lessen Chinese influence

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and day.
JOSH BOAK Latin American businesses
Associated Press “will increasingly have the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- chance to lead in new ar-
dent Joe Biden is trying to eas of clean energy, for ex-
increase trade with Latin ample, helping create ver-
America, meeting on Thurs- tical supply chains by using
day with the heads of the locally extracted lithium in
Dominican Republic and local battery production,”
Chile as part of a broader Yellen said.
effort to disrupt China’s “Medical equipment and
dominance in global man- pharmaceutical compa-
ufacturing. nies can grow and inno-
“There’s really is no rea- vate to meet increased
son why this hemisphere demand,” Yellen said, and
shouldn’t be the most pros- skilled workers can produce
perous Democratic hemi- automotive chips neces-
sphere in the world,” Biden sary for electric vehicles.
told Chilean President Ga- The Inter-American De-
briel Boric Font. “We have velopment Bank, which
all the makings of that.” is the biggest multilateral
The U.S. president on Fri- lender to Latin America,
day will welcome national would support new proj-
leaders from across the President Joe Biden meets with Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader in the Oval Office ects through grants, lend-
Western Hemisphere for of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington. ing and new programs. The
the first Americas Partner- Associated Press U.S. is the bank’s largest
ship for Economic Prosper- shareholder, with 30% of
ity Leaders’ Summit. The lies,” Dominican President Yellen outlined the Biden bean.” voting rights.
event was announced last Luis Abinader told Biden in administration’s goals in Yellen, who regularly talks Increasingly, policymakers
year at the Summit of the the Oval Office. a Thursday speech at the about her “friendshor- in the U.S. have expressed
Americas in Los Angeles as Chilean President Boric said Inter-American Develop- ing” strategy for increas- concern about China’s in-
Biden has made it a priority he would discuss migration ment Bank. ing supply chain resilience fluence at the bank.
to expand U.S. alliances to and development issues The U.S. wants to diversify by working primarily with While the Asian super-
counter competitors such with Biden, saying that they supply chains with “trusted friendly nations as opposed power holds less than 0.1%
as China and rivals such as both shared the goals of partners and allies,” a strat- to geopolitical rivals like voting rights, it holds large
Russia. “respecting human rights egy that she said had “tre- China, laid out her vision economic stakes in some
“The Dominican people and fighting for democ- mendous potential benefits of new U.S. investment in of the 48 member countries
are your friends. The Domin- racy.” for fueling growth in Latin South America at the de- of the bank.q
ican people are your al- Treasury Secretary Janet America and the Carib- velopment bank on Thurs-

Cornell cancels classes after student is charged with threatening

Jewish people on campus

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Cor- student was charged with ple on campus. dance of caution.” country. Cardona said his
nell University has canceled making online antisemitic Cornell junior Patrick Dai, A spokeswoman at the Ivy department is preparing
classes on Friday after a threats against Jewish peo- 21, has been charged with League school said the a letter to guide university
posting threats to kill or in- decision to close on Friday leaders as they work to pro-
jure another using inter- was made “in recognition tect students from discrimi-
state communications af- of the extraordinary stress nation.
ter authorities say he made of the past few weeks.” “I want to tell you, we’ve
threatening comments on Faculty and nonessential got your back,” Cardona
an online Greek Life forum staff will also be excused told roughly two dozen
over the weekend. He was from work. students who gathered at
held without bail following There has been a swell of Towson University. “The De-
his first appearance in fed- both antisemitic and anti- partment of Education is
eral court. The statements Muslim rhetoric online amid going to do everything we
prompted officials to send the Israel-Hamas war. can to make sure you’re
police to guard a Jewish Meeting with Jewish stu- safe on campus.”
center and kosher dining dents from Baltimore-area Authorities tracked the
hall as unnerved students colleges on Thursday, U.S. threats to Dai through an IP
feared for their safety. Cor- Education Secretary Miguel address. He has admitted
nell Hillel, a Jewish campus Cardona said he was “ap- to law enforcement that

A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League organization, advised stu- palled and horrified” by he posted the messages,
school’s campus in Ithaca, New York, on Jan. 14, 2022. dents and staff to avoid incidents of antisemitism according to a criminal
Associated Press the dining hall “in an abun- on campuses across the complaint.q