June 6, 2019

Anti-China sentiment is rising in Washington — and Beijing should not underestimate that, a former under secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury said on Thursday.

“I worry that Chinese authorities ... underestimate how broadly the anti-Chinese sentiment is in Washington — it runs across the full political spectrum,” said Tim Adams, who is now president and chief executive of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), a trade association.

Even though the current administration is the one that has led the charge on the trade war with China, he said, “almost all” the 24 Democrats running for president in 2020 have “some sort of anti-Chinese sentiment” — whether it be trade or something larger.

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