Karine Jean-Pierre

“ It’s good to see everybody. Okay.
Given the tragic shooting this week, we made changes to the schedule today. President Biden and Vice President Harris have postponed the previously planned political event for a future date.
The President and the Vice President will be meeting with state legislators and community advocates from the Georgia Asian American and Pacific Islander community. They will have an opportunity to hear about the impact on their community of Tuesday’s heartbreaking, senseless acts of violence, as well as their perspectives on increased anti-Asian hate incidents. ”

“ I just want to step back for a second because there’s a history here that we have to — that we have to understand and remember in what the migrants are going through and the reason why they’re coming.They’re coming from, you know, corruption, violence, a country — countries where they face that every day, where they have to deal with economic struggle. ”

“ One of the things that’s come up is: China has failed to live up to their promised U.S. imports from the trade agreement done with the previous administration. Does the Biden administration plan to hold them accountable for breaking that promise? How much of a priority is the trade deficit with China right now? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So let me start here: Yesterday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Tony Blinken had their first meeting — had their first meeting in Anchorage. ”

“ Q Did Mexico agree to take additional steps in return for the vaccines? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All I can tell you is that there are always multiple conversations that are happening at the same time. It’s part of diplomacy. It’s part of the process. It’s part of how we’re communicating with different countries. Q On taxes, I know you guys have said that the threshold for raising taxes on households is going to be $400,000 per household. Have you guys come up with a number for individuals, like income level? ”

“ And so we made that very clear that we were coming here, and so we changed the trip because a horrific event happened just a couple of days ago. And we — the President wants to make sure that he’s meeting that moment.When it comes to the border, there’s a lot that — you know, traveling, as you know, takes a lot from — you know, from what is happening on the ground, which is critical work to make sure that we’re processing, that we’re moving things along. ”

“ Look, I think having the mes- — having this meeting that they had yesterday on U.S. foreign soil, I think that was the — that was a key, kind of, you know, statement as how we wanted to move toward with China. Like, we know it’s going to be a competitive relationship, but we understand that we’re going to continue moving with diplomacy; we’re going to continue having those conversations at all levels. Q And just more broadly, the tough talk from Biden on Russia; tough talk directly to China: What does it say about where you’re going in terms of foreign policy, just broadly? ”

“ And every relationship with every country is different. And so we are just going to continue that, you know, as I quoted from Jake and Secretary Blinken — from Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor, and Secretary Blinken. So — Q Do you think it makes a meeting with President Xi and President Biden more or less likely in the near future, given the tenor of the conversation? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: You know, I don’t have anything else to say about that potential meeting. This was a standalone meeting that they’re having in Anchorage right now. ”

“ Some Republicans don’t want to come to the table until they feel like the situation is under control. What do you say to them about, you know, how you move forward now? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, immigration is a bipartisan issue ”