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December 22 , 2016
  • Politico：Trump taps China trade critic Navarro for new White House post
    Politico comments: "President-elect Donald Trump will tap Peter Navarro, an economics and public policy professor who helped craft Trump's trade policies during the campaign, to lead a new trade council inside the White House, his transition office announced Wednesday. The University of California-Irvine professor has been closely connected to Trump since the campaign...and contributing to the trade policy platform he called 'defensive' but 'not protectionist.'...Navarro has long been a critic of China and its trade relationship with the United States. He has written books on the subject and created a documentary film titled, 'DEATH BY CHINA: How America lost its manufacturing base.' The film caught the attention of Trump, who praised it as 'right on.'...Navarro has said he supports Trump's pledge to slap a 45 percent tariff on goods imported from China, telling the Los Angeles Times...'Tariffs are not the end game. Tariffs are a negotiating tool,' Navaro said in the interview. 'If China wants access to the world's largest market, it must play by the rules. ... China will respect Donald Trump.' "
  • Bloomberg：Japan Approves Record Defense Spending Amid China Tensions
    Bloomberg reports: "Japan's cabinet approved a record defense budget of just over 5 trillion yen ($42.5 billion) for the year starting April, as tensions with China simmer over disputed islands in the East China Sea. The figure marks the fifth straight rise in annual military spending -- a trend that started after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in late 2012. Separately, an extra spending package approved for the current financial year included 171 million yen for defense, with the focus on ballistic missile defense as fears grow over North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities. Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said last month that while the government didn't have a concrete plan to introduce a U.S. missile defense shield, it was considering the option. Deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in the country could hurt ties with Russia and China, which have both opposed its planned introduction in South Korea."
  • The Guardian：Taiwan's president to visit US despite objections from China
    The Guardian reports: "Taiwan's president is planning to meet members of Congress next month during a stopover visit to the US that will go ahead despite strong Chinese government objections, a senior Taiwanese official has said. China tried to block the visit by President Tsai Ing-wen in the wake of a row over perceived pro-Taiwan comments by the US president-elect, Donald Trump, who also held an unprecedented phone conversation with the Taiwan leader. The visit has caused speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai may meet Trump in person, or members of his transition team, during a nine-day trip that begins on 7 January and includes brief state visits to Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. Speaking to the Taiwan legislature's foreign and national defence committee, Javier Hou, deputy foreign minister, said Tsai's planned stopover in the US would be made in accordance with past practice."
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