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01-15-2017, 09:12 AM
US-Russia relations
President-elect also hints that Beijing will need
to show good faith on trade practices
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has hinted that he may lift sanctions on Russia and won’t stand by the “One China” policy unless Beijing improves its currency and trade practices.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Saturday that he would keep intact “at least for a period of time” sanctions President Barack Obama’s administration imposed on Russia last month over Moscow’s alleged cyberattacks to influence the US election.
But, if Russia helps the US on key goals such as fighting violent extremists, Trump suggested he may scrap the punitive measures altogether.
He also said he was prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after taking ****** January 20.
Trump, who sees an opportunity to cooperate with Moscow in fighting jihadist groups like Islamic State, has expressed admiration for Putin, and only reluctantly accepted US intelligence’s conclusion that Russian ******s acting on Putin’s authority interfered in the US elections.
Turning to the longstanding US practice of **t recognising Taiwan diplomatically, Trump said: “Everything is under negotiation, including One China.”
Trump has already irked China by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen after he won the election, upending decades of diplomatic precedent in which the White House has foregone direct communication with the island’s leader.
He defended that move in his interview with the Journal, saying: “We sold them $2 billion of military equipment last year. We can sell them $2 billion of the latest and greatest military equipment but we’re **t allowed to accept a phone call. First of all, it would have been very rude **t to accept the phone call.”
Beijing considers the island to be a breakaway province to be brought back within its fold, by force if necessary
Trump has threatened to get tough with what he sees as unfair Chinese trade practices, and suggested that the “One China” policy could become a bargaining chip in other disputes.On Taiwan, he told the Journal: “We sold them $2bn of military equipment last year. We can sell them $2bn of the latest and greatest military equipment but we’re **t allowed to accept a phone call. First of all it would have been very rude **t to accept the phone call.”
During the election campaign Trump said he would label China a currency manipulator on the first day of taking ******.
The yuan has fallen steadily against the dollar in recent years, bringing accusations from the US that Beijing has deliberately forced its currency lower to gain a market advantage for its exports.
Trump told the Journal he would stop short of officially branding China a manipulator but was critical of Beijing’s financial policies and said: “Certainly they are manipulators”.
“Instead of saying: ‘We’re devaluating our currency,’ they say, ‘oh, our currency is dropping’. It’s **t dropping. They’re doing it on purpose.
“Our companies can’t compete with them **w because our currency is strong and it’s killing us,” Trump said.
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President-elect also hints that Beijing will need
to show good faith on trade practices
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has hinted that he may lift sanctions on Russia and won’t stand by the “One China” policy unless Beijing improves its currency and trade practices.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Saturday that he would keep intact “at least for a period of time” sanctions President Barack Obama’s administration imposed on Russia last month over Moscow’s alleged cyberattacks to influence the US election.
But, if Russia helps the US on key goals such as fighting violent extremists, Trump suggested he may scrap the punitive measures altogether.
He also said he was prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after taking ****** January 20.
Trump, who sees an opportunity to cooperate with Moscow in fighting jihadist groups like Islamic State, has expressed admiration for Putin, and only reluctantly accepted US intelligence’s conclusion that Russian ******s acting on Putin’s authority interfered in the US elections.
Turning to the longstanding US practice of **t recognising Taiwan diplomatically, Trump said: “Everything is under negotiation, including One China.”
Trump has already irked China by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen after he won the election, upending decades of diplomatic precedent in which the White House has foregone direct communication with the island’s leader.
He defended that move in his interview with the Journal, saying: “We sold them $2 billion of military equipment last year. We can sell them $2 billion of the latest and greatest military equipment but we’re **t allowed to accept a phone call. First of all, it would have been very rude **t to accept the phone call.”
Beijing considers the island to be a breakaway province to be brought back within its fold, by force if necessary
Trump has threatened to get tough with what he sees as unfair Chinese trade practices, and suggested that the “One China” policy could become a bargaining chip in other disputes.On Taiwan, he told the Journal: “We sold them $2bn of military equipment last year. We can sell them $2bn of the latest and greatest military equipment but we’re **t allowed to accept a phone call. First of all it would have been very rude **t to accept the phone call.”
During the election campaign Trump said he would label China a currency manipulator on the first day of taking ******.
The yuan has fallen steadily against the dollar in recent years, bringing accusations from the US that Beijing has deliberately forced its currency lower to gain a market advantage for its exports.
Trump told the Journal he would stop short of officially branding China a manipulator but was critical of Beijing’s financial policies and said: “Certainly they are manipulators”.
“Instead of saying: ‘We’re devaluating our currency,’ they say, ‘oh, our currency is dropping’. It’s **t dropping. They’re doing it on purpose.
“Our companies can’t compete with them **w because our currency is strong and it’s killing us,” Trump said.
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