August 18, 2017

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's recent comments on the U.S.-China relations are "irresponsible," said a leading American global business expert.

By "ratcheting up the rhetoric" against China, it may be "a strategy" of Bannon to "perhaps gain more in terms of putting pressure on (China)," from a negotiating standpoint, said John Manzella, CEO of the World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara, New York State, in an interview with Xinhua on Thursday.

It is "nothing new" that U.S. politicians pointing fingers at a foreign country for some immediate political gains at home, Manzella said.

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