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Pentagon says US-China trade war won't 'spill over' into military talks

2019-05-30 09:28:28       source:CNBC

May 29, 2019


JAKARTA, Indonesia — Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Wednesday downplayed concerns that the U.S.-China trade war would further complicate defense discussions between Washington and Beijing.


“Trade runs a separate track, and we’ll solve that. It is too important not to solve,” Shanahan told reporters traveling with him. “I don’t believe [it will] spill over into our dialogue and discussion on defense.”


Shanahan, who embarked on an eight-day trip to Asia on Tuesday, said he would meet with his Chinese counterpart this week amid trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The meeting between Shanahan and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is expected to take place on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore.


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