Trump accuses China of stealing copyrights and currency manipulation
The Republican Party’s nominee also says he would renegotiate trade deals, specifically mentioning China’s World Trade Organisation accession agreement
Donald Trump accused China of stealing copyrights and unfairly manipulating its currency as he accepted the Republican Party’s nomination, charges likely to fuel anger in a country already upset at criticisms of Beijing in the party’s new policy platform.
Trump – a critic of Chinese trade policies – was being anointed as the party’s candidate in November’s presidential election, and used his acceptance speech at the convention in Cleveland to pledge that he would stop China’s “outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation.”
He also said he would renegotiate trade deals, specifically mentioning China’s World Trade Organisation accession agreement.
His comments are likely to provoke China, which has already lashed out at the Republican Party over its criticisms of Beijing, accusing it of levelling groundless accusations and meddling in China’s internal affairs.
We hope these parties will stop groundlessly accusing China and interfering in China’s domestic affairs, and that they will do more to promote trust and
“Any party in the United States should view China’s development objectively and reasonably, and should correctly understand issues related to China-US ties,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told the official China Daily newspaper. “We hope these parties will stop groundlessly accusing China and interfering in China’s domestic affairs, and that they will do more to promote trust and cooperation between China and the US.”