- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration 2017-2018.
- Date: 18th December 2019
- Summary: China hits back by levying tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "The U.S. on one hand clamours for talks, but on the other hand imposes tariffs. On one hand it sent out an invitation for negotiation, on the other, it followed up by putting on extreme pressure. This pattern of doing things has become a convention for the U.S. for China, this U.S. routine is as clear as a flame and we will handle the situation calmly. I want to emphasise that firstly, the United States' threats, intimidation and blackmail won't work on China. China will continue to promote reform and opening up in accordance with its own timetable and in its own way, protect the country's legitimate rights."
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
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- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUES IN EDIT: 0465-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2018-PART 1 AND 0467-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2018-PART 3
Donald Trump assumed the office of the President of the United States with a pledge to "make America great again."
Half-way through his first term, Trump claims that task has been accomplished, telling audiences at any of his frequent political pep rallies that "our country is respected again all over the world".
But, in the arena of U.S. foreign policy, whether Trump has engineered a solidification of America's position in the world, or whether he has weakened America's status as the pre-eminent global economic, military, and moral force, is a question that is sharply debated within America's fractious politics.
Few disputes, however, that whatever Donald Trump is doing in his foreign policy, it is unlike the way any previous U.S. president operated on the global stage. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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