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Saudi Arabia, Longtime U.S. Ally, Builds Ties With China
Saudi Arabia was once the linchpin of the Trump administration's plans for the Middle East. The country was President Donald Trump's first foreign destination after taking office. Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, struck up a close relationship with the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. And both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia pledged to work together to contain the kingdom's longtime regional rival, Iran.
But in the wake of international scandals, drifting geopolitical interests and new economic opportunities, Saudi Arabia has more recently pursued close ties with one of the U.S.'s foremost rivals: China. And it's found a willing suiter.
Beijing and Riyadh made waves in February by signing a $28 billion trade deal that included plans for Saudi Arabia to build a $10 billion petrochemical complex in China that will refine and process Saudi oil. Last year, Saudi Arabia supplied more than 12% of China's oil – and in the past year alone, its crude exports to Beijing have roughly doubled.
"Is China playing a bigger role in the Gulf? Absolutely," says Randolph Bell, director of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council, a think tank in the nation's capital. "Those relationships are growing deeper."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2019-08-23/saudi-arabia-longtime-us-ally-builds-ties-with-china?context=amp
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Also absolutely hilarious that China will be refining Iranian oil, with a Saudi refinery.
Some real 4-D chess there Mr. Trump. Your getting banged from all sides right now.
From your so called friends, and our so called enemy, all working for the Chinese.
Those gulf Arabs are laughing at your art of the deal Mr. Trump. They were mercantilists when we were still figuring our way out of the dark ages.
Discuss..........
Saudi Arabia was once the linchpin of the Trump administration's plans for the Middle East. The country was President Donald Trump's first foreign destination after taking office. Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, struck up a close relationship with the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. And both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia pledged to work together to contain the kingdom's longtime regional rival, Iran.
But in the wake of international scandals, drifting geopolitical interests and new economic opportunities, Saudi Arabia has more recently pursued close ties with one of the U.S.'s foremost rivals: China. And it's found a willing suiter.
Beijing and Riyadh made waves in February by signing a $28 billion trade deal that included plans for Saudi Arabia to build a $10 billion petrochemical complex in China that will refine and process Saudi oil. Last year, Saudi Arabia supplied more than 12% of China's oil – and in the past year alone, its crude exports to Beijing have roughly doubled.
"Is China playing a bigger role in the Gulf? Absolutely," says Randolph Bell, director of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council, a think tank in the nation's capital. "Those relationships are growing deeper."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2019-08-23/saudi-arabia-longtime-us-ally-builds-ties-with-china?context=amp
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Also absolutely hilarious that China will be refining Iranian oil, with a Saudi refinery.
Some real 4-D chess there Mr. Trump. Your getting banged from all sides right now.
From your so called friends, and our so called enemy, all working for the Chinese.
Those gulf Arabs are laughing at your art of the deal Mr. Trump. They were mercantilists when we were still figuring our way out of the dark ages.
Discuss..........
