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Warning of poorer relations in Trump era

CHINA’S foreign minister warned yesterday that ties with the United States will likely see new complications and that the only way to maintain a stable relationship is by respecting each other’s core interests.

Wang Yi’s remarks appeared to underscore China’s nonnegotiable position on Taiwan, weeks after President-elect Donald Trump suggested he could re-evaluate US policy on the island’s status.

Wang told the People’s Daily he will strive to boost cooperation with the US but foresaw “new, complicated and uncertain factors affecting bilateral relations” under the Trump administration.

China protested after Trump questioned the one China policy the US has adopted since 1979 after the two countries established the diplomatic relations and maintains only unofficial ties with Taiwan.

His comments, combined with accusations that China is manipulating its currency and threats of hefty tariffs on Chinese imports, have rattled relations.

Trump’s transition team said Peter Navarro, an economist who has accused China of effectively waging economic war against the US, would head a trade policy council in the White House.

Still, US-China relations are tending toward stable cooperation and mutual benefit, Wang said. He quoted a Chinese poem — previously used by President Xi Jinping as a metaphor for US-China ties — depicting a river that flows inevitably, regardless of mountainous obstacles.




 

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