'Silk Road' plan stirs unease over China's strategic goals
Joe Mcdonald, Munir Ahmed and Gillian Wong, Associated Press
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Trump's decision to pull out of the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership deprives China's neighbors of a tool they hoped would counter its rising influence, said Max Baucus, the U.S. ambassador to Beijing until January. Baucus called the move a "large geopolitical mistake."
"Southeast Asian countries would tell me 'We want you, we want the TPP, then we can balance China with the United States. But when you're not there, there is a void that China's going to fill,'" Baucus told The Associated Press.
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This is the greatest strategic geo-political mistake that Trump make - will erode US interest worldwide.
Trump transactional approach to foreign policies will fail US interest.
"Southeast Asian countries would tell me 'We want you, we want the TPP, then we can balance China with the United States. But when you're not there, there is a void that China's going to fill,'" Baucus told The Associated Press.
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This is the greatest strategic geo-political mistake that Trump make - will erode US interest worldwide.
Trump transactional approach to foreign policies will fail US interest.
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Trump transactional approach to foreign policies - will not go down well with its trading partners - because it is short term, opportunist, non-multifacet.
Trump approach will lose hands down to China - whose various economic initiatives are long term, more strategic and will benefits both sides.
As Trump loses its geo-political influences - in medium and long term, US business influences and strategic influences will wane as China influences will grow stronger.
Trump approach will lose hands down to China - whose various economic initiatives are long term, more strategic and will benefits both sides.
As Trump loses its geo-political influences - in medium and long term, US business influences and strategic influences will wane as China influences will grow stronger.
