DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — Hours after leaving Beijing, President Donald Trump on Friday delivered what appeared to be a sharp rebuke to China, railing against trade practices he says have put Americans out of work and warning that the U.S. would no longer “turn a blind eye” to trade abuses.
“From this day forward we will compete on a fair and equal basis,” Trump told a gathering of CEOs on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. “We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore. I am always going to put America first.”
It was a striking change of tone from the day before, when Trump had set aside his previous blistering rhetoric in favor of friendly overtures to China as he sought to establish a more balanced trade relationship.
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