Trump Says China Will Have to Play by Rules Under New Ambassador
by
Jennifer Jacobs
,
Mark Niquette
, and
David Tweed
December 8, 2016 — 9:44 PM EST December 8, 2016 — 11:36 PM EST
Branstad's Trip From Iowa to China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed that China would soon have to “play by the rules,” as Chinese state media issued its clearest warning yet about its bottom line on Taiwan.
“China is responsible for almost half of America’s trade deficit,” Trump said at a rally Thursday evening Des Moines, Iowa. “China is not a market economy ... they haven’t played by the rules, and they know it’s time that they’re going to start. They’re going to start. They’re going to.”
Trump was introducing Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, his nominee for China ambassador, on the third stop of a victory tour through states critical to his election last month. Although Branstad has a three-decade personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he will confront a Chinese government already on edge over Trump’s early moves to provoke the country, including a Dec. 2 unprecedented call with Taiwan’s president.
“A mutually beneficial relationship entails more than a trusted messenger,” state-owned newspaper China Daily wrote in an editorial Friday. “A diplomat’s success to a great extent hinges on his country’s foreign policies.”
Branstad met Xi in 1985 when he made his first visit to the U.S. as a Chinese agricultural official, traveling to Iowa for a sister-state exchange. The pair have reconnected several times since then.
“I know that China has been so tough and so competitive and frankly dealing with people that didn’t get it,” Trump said. “But we’re going to have mutual respect, and we’re going to benefit and China’s going to benefit and Terry’s going to lead the way.”
The China Daily editorial was critical of the congratulatory telephone call Trump took from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, breaching diplomatic protocol since the U.S. moved its embassy to Beijing from Taipei almost 40 years ago. While Trump surrogates including Vice President-elect Mike Pence have said the call doesn’t signal a policy shift, reports that the move was weeks in the making have spurred questions whether the incoming administration was seeking to revise the “one-China principle” that underpins relations with Beijing.
“If, as some analysts have observed, the call was Trump’s ‘opening negotiation bid’ for the future of Sino-U.S. ties under his administration, it was rather ill-advised,” it said. “The consensus on one China has served as the ultimate ballast for China-U.S. relations for nearly four decades, and not without reason.”
The U.S. broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan and officially recognized the Communist government in Beijing in 1979. Still, it has maintained a close relationship with the democratically run island -- often to China’s anger -- and is legally required to provide military support and protection. President Barack Obama announced a $1.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan in 2015, drawing protests from Beijing.
While China lodged a “solemn representation” and urged U.S. authorities to adhere to the so-called one-China principle, officially it has stopped short of criticizing Trump. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi appeared to blame Tsai for the call, describing it as “little trick pulled off by Taiwan,” even though Trump advisers have said the call was planned in advance.
“If he is misled by his advisers for whatever reason into believing that unnegotiables are negotiable, in this case the one China principle regarding Taiwan, the consequences could be serious.”
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor in political science at Hong Kong Baptist University, said the editorial was intended to send Trump a warning that it, too, was willing to play hard ball. China may have underestimated the foreign policy consequences of Trump’s victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the U.S. election, Cabestan said.
“China was blinded by its hate of Hillary, but did not realize that it is getting a much more offensive U.S. president, supported by a very anti-communist and ambitious Republican Party,” he said. “Taiwan is going to be part of this game, instrumentalized by the Trump administration much more than by Obama, as a leverage of what could be called a ‘super-rebalancing strategy.’"
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-09/trump-vows-china-will-play-by-the-rules-with-branstad-on-post
by
Jennifer Jacobs
,
Mark Niquette
, and
David Tweed
December 8, 2016 — 9:44 PM EST December 8, 2016 — 11:36 PM EST
- Hits out while in Iowa to tout ambassador’s appointment
- Good ties entail ‘more than trusted messenger,’ China says
Branstad's Trip From Iowa to China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed that China would soon have to “play by the rules,” as Chinese state media issued its clearest warning yet about its bottom line on Taiwan.
“China is responsible for almost half of America’s trade deficit,” Trump said at a rally Thursday evening Des Moines, Iowa. “China is not a market economy ... they haven’t played by the rules, and they know it’s time that they’re going to start. They’re going to start. They’re going to.”
Trump was introducing Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, his nominee for China ambassador, on the third stop of a victory tour through states critical to his election last month. Although Branstad has a three-decade personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he will confront a Chinese government already on edge over Trump’s early moves to provoke the country, including a Dec. 2 unprecedented call with Taiwan’s president.
“A mutually beneficial relationship entails more than a trusted messenger,” state-owned newspaper China Daily wrote in an editorial Friday. “A diplomat’s success to a great extent hinges on his country’s foreign policies.”
Branstad met Xi in 1985 when he made his first visit to the U.S. as a Chinese agricultural official, traveling to Iowa for a sister-state exchange. The pair have reconnected several times since then.
“I know that China has been so tough and so competitive and frankly dealing with people that didn’t get it,” Trump said. “But we’re going to have mutual respect, and we’re going to benefit and China’s going to benefit and Terry’s going to lead the way.”
The China Daily editorial was critical of the congratulatory telephone call Trump took from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, breaching diplomatic protocol since the U.S. moved its embassy to Beijing from Taipei almost 40 years ago. While Trump surrogates including Vice President-elect Mike Pence have said the call doesn’t signal a policy shift, reports that the move was weeks in the making have spurred questions whether the incoming administration was seeking to revise the “one-China principle” that underpins relations with Beijing.
‘Ill-advised’ Move
“If the phone call between Donald Trump and Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen was indeed a long-planned move as reported and was meant to remind Beijing that it is dealing with a different kind of U.S. president, it need not have happened in the first place, since Beijing is well aware of that,” the editorial said.“If, as some analysts have observed, the call was Trump’s ‘opening negotiation bid’ for the future of Sino-U.S. ties under his administration, it was rather ill-advised,” it said. “The consensus on one China has served as the ultimate ballast for China-U.S. relations for nearly four decades, and not without reason.”
The U.S. broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan and officially recognized the Communist government in Beijing in 1979. Still, it has maintained a close relationship with the democratically run island -- often to China’s anger -- and is legally required to provide military support and protection. President Barack Obama announced a $1.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan in 2015, drawing protests from Beijing.
While China lodged a “solemn representation” and urged U.S. authorities to adhere to the so-called one-China principle, officially it has stopped short of criticizing Trump. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi appeared to blame Tsai for the call, describing it as “little trick pulled off by Taiwan,” even though Trump advisers have said the call was planned in advance.
Shrewd Businessman
“Trump may be a shrewd businessman, adroit in commercial deal-cutting. He might have taken a page from his business manual -- make a rigorous opening bid, then settle for less,” the editorial said. “But make no mistake about it: Taiwan stands on top of China’s menu of core national interests, and is not negotiable.“If he is misled by his advisers for whatever reason into believing that unnegotiables are negotiable, in this case the one China principle regarding Taiwan, the consequences could be serious.”
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor in political science at Hong Kong Baptist University, said the editorial was intended to send Trump a warning that it, too, was willing to play hard ball. China may have underestimated the foreign policy consequences of Trump’s victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the U.S. election, Cabestan said.
“China was blinded by its hate of Hillary, but did not realize that it is getting a much more offensive U.S. president, supported by a very anti-communist and ambitious Republican Party,” he said. “Taiwan is going to be part of this game, instrumentalized by the Trump administration much more than by Obama, as a leverage of what could be called a ‘super-rebalancing strategy.’"
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-09/trump-vows-china-will-play-by-the-rules-with-branstad-on-post
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