'Nothing's off the table,' David Stilwell, the assistant secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said when asked whether the U.S. would consider using sanctions to rein in China.
The nation's top diplomat for East Asia said in remarks Tuesday that the Trump administration could use sanctions to target Chinese officials' actions in the hotly contested South China Sea.
WASHINGTON — The nation's top diplomat for East Asia said in remarks Tuesday that the Trump administration could use sanctions to target Chinese officials' actions in the hotly contested South China Sea. "Wherever you are, Beijing increasingly wants to stake claims, coerce, and control. By its nature, it cannot accept a pluralistic world with fundamental freedoms of choice and conscience," Stilwell said, adding that U.S. involvement in the region was to simply enforce existing law.Stilwell's comments come on the heels of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo'sPompeo said the U.S.
Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray slammed the Chinese government for its use of espionage and cyberattacks against the United States. He said the Chinese campaign has amounted to "The South China Sea, which is home to more than 200 specks of land, serves as a gateway to global sea routes where nearly $4 trillion of trade passes annually. More than $1 trillion of that is linked to the U.S. market. The sea is also home to an estimated $2.6 trillion in recoverable offshore oil and gas.
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