India, China taking advantage of US: Trump
November 11, 2015 12:15
Terming China as "number-one abuser", leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has alleged that the Communist nation, along with India, is taking advantage of the US through its economic policies.
Trump said China was becoming a "major force" and is now creating problems both economically and through its behaviour in the South China Sea.
"If you look at the way China and India and almost everybody takes advantage of the US -- China in particular, because they're so good. It's the number-one abuser of this country," Trump said during the fourth debate of the party.
"China is a problem, both economically in what they are doing in the South China Sea, I mean, they are becoming a very, very major force," Trump said.
He said that it was through "currency manipulation" that does not even find a mention in almost 6,000-page (TPP) agreement that the countries were taking advantage of the US.
While several other Republican candidates joined Trump on the China issue, there were no takers for his allegations against India, which was mentioned only once in the debate.
"We lose a fortune on trade. The US loses with everybody. We are losing now over $500 billion in terms of imbalance with China, $75 billion a year imbalance with Japan," Trump said.
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