BANGKOK — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday decried “decades of bad behavior” from China that have hampered free trade, laying out a case at a Southeast Asian forum for Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing. “For decades, China has taken advantage of trade … It’s time for that to stop. And to fix it requires determination, and that’s what you saw this morning,” Pompeo said on Friday. Asked about the global economic disruption resulting from the U.S.-China row, Pompeo responded: “There have been negative implications from decades of bad behavior from China.”The proposed new tariffs on Chinese goods could further disrupt global supply chains. Pompeo and Wang at first struck a conciliatory tone when they met face-to-face in Bangkok on Thursday for the first time this year.

Source: National Post August 02, 2019 03:27 UTC