China ‘in for more tough American talk’ – no matter who wins the November midterm elections
Donald Trump accuses Beijing of meddling in the November election campaigns, claims the trade rival denies
China is expecting the United States to continue to take a tough stand towards Beijing, no matter which political party has control of the US Congress after November’s midterm elections, diplomatic observers said.
And regardless of the election results, Beijing will seek to expand international markets as it fights an increasingly bitter trade war with Washington, they added.
The assessment came after US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of seeking to meddle in the November elections in favour of the opposition Democrats.
“We found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November, against my administration,” Trump said in a speech to the United Nations Security Council. “They do not want me, or us, to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade, and we are winning on trade.”
After the speech, Trump went one step further, casting doubt on whether his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was still a “friend”, a term he used to describe Xi after their first meeting at his Florida resort in April last year.
