Trump Should Sanction China for Destabilizing South Korea - Gordon Chang

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Trump Should Sanction China for Destabilizing South Korea
As Trump’s Secretary of Defense James Mattis tours Asia to pledge support to our allies, the best form of reassurance would be action against China’s provocative moves in the region.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is now ending his “Mission Reassurance,” the first foreign trip by a Trump administration official. He spent two days in Seoul and is finishing up in Tokyo.

The SecDef has been issuing strong words confirming America’s commitment to defend South Korea and Japan. That’s important. Now, however, it’s time for President Donald Trump to back up the reassurances with stiff economic sanctions on China for destabilizing North Asia.

Mattis’s staff, sounding pitch-perfect, characterized his inaugural foreign tour as a “listening trip.”

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