Blinken warns China against 'coercion and aggression' on first Asia trip

Published: March 17, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns China against using “coercion and aggression” during his visit to South Korea. His predecessor Mike Pompeo joins Newshour to discuss this US strategy with China and Russia. Also on the programme, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to withhold coronavirus vaccine exports to countries outside the European Union that don't supply them in a reciprocal way. Dr Veronique Trillet-Lenoir, MEP and member of the the French En Marche Party explains why these remarks could be interpreted as directed to the UK. Plus, an update from Myanmar on the continued violence in the region and we find out why The Millennial Carrasca of Lecina of Spain has won the title of European Tree of the Year (PIC CREDIT: Getty Images. Antony Blinken in South Korea)