China state media warns Trump against isolationism, calls for status quo
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Beijing, Nov. 10, 2016 (Reuters/NAN) Chinese state media has warned the U.S. president-elect against isolationism and interventionism, calling on the U.S. to actively work with China to maintain the international status quo.
President-elect Donald Trump threatened to tear up trade deals and pursue a more unilateral foreign policy under his “America First” principle during a tempestuous election campaign.
However, China and other foreign governments are uncertain how much of Trump’s rhetoric will be translated into policy.
This was because the new president has sometimes made contradictory statements and provided few details of how he would deal with the world.
Trump often targeted China in the campaign, blaming Beijing for U.S. job losses and vowing to impose 45 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports.
The Republican also promised to call China a currency manipulator on his first day in office.
“U.S. isolationist policies had “accelerated the country’s economic crisis” during the Great Depression,’’ commentary by China’s official Xinhua warned.
It added that “election talk is just election talk”.
The commentary also cautioned against any tilt toward intervention. (Reuters/NAN)
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Edited by Damilola Oyewole and Abdullahi Yusuf