Experts warn Trump to stop treating China as 'enemy'
Tehran (KNA) - Scores of Asia specialists, including former US diplomats and military officers, have called on US President Donald Trump to reconsider policies that “treat China as an enemy.”
In a draft open letter, cited by Reuters news agency, they warned that the belligerent approach could hurt US interests as well as the global economy.
"Although we are very deeply troubled by Beijing's recent behavior, we also believe that many US actions are contributing to the downward spiral in relations," said the letter to Trump and Congress signed by some 80 experts.
"US efforts to treat China as an enemy and decouple it from the global economy will damage America's international role and reputation and undermine the economic interests of all nations," it said.
"The US fear that Beijing will replace the US as the global leader is exaggerated," the letter added.
China has been called in Trump's 2018 US National Security Strategy a strategic competitor aiming to replace the United States as the pre-eminent global power.
The draft letter, whose final version is yet to be released, also said Washington should work with allies and partners "to create a more open and prosperous world in which China is offered the opportunity to participate."
Source: PressTV