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April 14 , 2017
  • The New York Times：China Warns of 'Storm Clouds Gathering' in U.S.-North Korea Standoff
    The New York Times reports: "China warned on Friday that tensions on the Korean Peninsula could run out of control, after North Korea said it could test a nuclear weapon whenever its top leader, Kim Jong-un, decided, and as an American naval group neared the peninsula in a show of resolve. 'The United States and South Korea and North Korea are engaging in tit for tat, with swords drawn and bows bent, and there have been storm clouds gathering,' China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, said in Beijing, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. 'We urge all sides to no longer engage in mutual provocation and threats, whether through words or deeds, and don't push the situation to the point where it can't be turned around and gets out of hand,'...His comments were the bluntest this week from China, which has been trying to steer between the Trump administration's demands for it to do more to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program and its longstanding reluctance to risk a rupture with the North, its neighbor and longtime partner. In a phone conversation with Mr. Trump on Wednesday, China's president, Xi Jinping, also called for restraint."
  • The Washington Post: Wonkblog：How Trump supporters feel about his surprise China flip-flop
    The Washington Post comments: "As President Trump softened on China, sparking criticism over a surprise campaign flip-flop, a manufacturer in Ohio stayed calm. Steve Staub, president of Staub Manufacturing Solutions, a metalwork firm in Dayton, said trade with the Asian giant today is unfair to American businesses, who struggle to compete with Chinese firms built on cheaper labor. But the Trump voter still believes the president will deliver on his promise to protect blue-collar jobs — even though Trump just backed down from his pledge to label China a currency manipulator on 'day one.' 'I'm not an economist,' said Staub, 47. 'I'm just a guy in Ohio trying to make parts. I'll wait and see what happens.'...It's still unclear what, exactly, that trade deal would entail or how China would approach North Korea, which has been stockpiling and testing nuclear missiles...Still, groups that applauded Trump's manufacturing focus after the election are slamming the president's course change. The United Steelworkers, a union of roughly 860,000 trade workers across North America, accused Trump in a statement Thursday of 'following the same path that led to millions of lost jobs.'"
  • The Washington Post：EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's claim that China and India have 'no obligations' until 2030 under the Paris Accord
    The Washington Post reports: "During an appearance on Fox and Friends, the EPA administrator denounced the Paris Accord, the global agreement on curbing climate change, as a 'bad deal for America.' Asked his biggest objection to the accord, he claimed that China and India had no obligations until 2030, even though 'they are polluting far more than we are.' Despite our queries, we did not get an explanation for Pruitt's remarks from the EPA, but we have good news for him. If that's his biggest problem, it's solved! His objection is based on a misunderstanding of the agreement: China and India are already hard at work at meeting goals set for 2030...The plans are not legally binding, but there is a distinction made between developing and developed countries in that developed countries are expected to reduce actual emissions, while developing countries would lower emissions based on units tied to measures such as gross domestic product or economic output."
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