Trump’s Threat to Cut Chinese Ties ‘Unrealistic and Insensible,’ Foreign Ministry Says
President Donald Trump was wrongheaded for suggesting the U.S. could sever ties with China, a Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson said June 19, according to a press conference transcript in English. “In this era of globalization, the interests of all…
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countries are closely intertwined,” he said. “Global industrial and supply chains are formed and developed in such ways as determined by market forces and business decisions. As such, it is unrealistic and insensible to try to sever them or wish political forces would override economic law. Such practices will not help solve America's domestic problems. Instead, they will only cause more harm to the ordinary American people.” The spokesperson sidestepped questions about whether Trump’s threats could endanger the U.S.-China phase one trade deal. “... the U.S. certainly does maintain a policy option, under various conditions, of a complete decoupling from China,” Trump tweeted June 18, the day after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Congress decoupling wasn’t a reasonable trade policy.