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Where would Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance stand on the big China issues?
- Vance is a China hawk in favour of turning American attention away from Ukraine and back to the Pacific, analysts say
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US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance are expected to see eye to eye on China, including on the two biggest issues: trade and Taiwan.
After gaining the Republican nomination for vice-president, the 39-year-old senator told Fox News on Monday that the focus of US foreign policy would be China, which he described as “the biggest threat” to his country.
Vance is known as a China hawk and a loyal supporter of Trump’s “America first” agenda. He has long backed pivoting US foreign policy towards East Asia, supporting Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on Chinese goods that were undercutting American workers.
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Zhu Junwei, director of the Centre for American Studies at the Grandview Institution, said Vance would likely join Trump in arguing for less foreign policy attention on Ukraine and more on China.
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“Vance will not have much objection to Trump on his overall China policy,” Zhu said.
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