France hits out at Trump’s bullish tone with China

AFP, PARIS: France’s top diplomat on Wednesday slammed the bullish tone taken by President-elect Donald Trump with key trade ally Beijing in threatening to upend Washington’s One China policy.
“Watch out for China... It’s a big country. You can have disagreements with China but you don’t talk like that to a partner,” remarked French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on France 2 television.
He was responding to apparently off-the-cuff remarks by Trump in an interview with Fox News Sunday in which he questioned whether Washington should continue its “One China policy” unless Beijing makes concessions on trade and other issues.
“When China feels like it is being questioned over the unity of China, it’s not necessarily very smart,” he said.
US diplomatic tradition has long held to this policy, which does not recognise self-administered Taiwan as a sovereign state but sees Beijing as the sole representative.

 

France hits out at Trumps bullish tone with China

AFP, PARIS: Frances top diplomat on Wednesday slammed the bullish tone taken by President-elect Donald Trump with key trade ally Beijing in threatening to upend Washingtons One China policy. Watch out for China... Its a big country. You can have disagreements with China but you dont talk like that to a partner, remarked French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on France 2 television. He was responding to apparently off-the-cuff remarks by Trump in an interview with Fox News Sunday in which he questioned whether Washington should continue its One China policy unless Beijing makes concessions on trade and other issues. When China feels like it is being questioned over the unity of China, its not necessarily very smart, he said. US diplomatic tradition has long held to this policy, which does not recognise self-administered Taiwan as a sovereign state but sees Beijing as the sole representative.