Destrix Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) President Donald Trump says he did not sanction Chinese officials further over the detention of Muslims in Xinjiang as he was in the "middle of a trade deal". Mr Trump told the Axios news site that achieving a "great" deal meant he could not impose "additional sanctions". China has held about a million Uighurs and other ethnic groups in camps in Xinjiang for indoctrination and punishment but denies mistreating them. The issue arose after allegations in a book by ex-Trump aide John Bolton. Ten biggest claims in John Bolton's book John Bolton: Who is man behind Trump-Xi allegations? Mr Bolton had alleged that at a summit last year Mr Trump gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the green light on building the camps in its western region, with the US leader saying it was "exactly the right thing to do". Mr Trump denies the allegation. The president's comments were made in an interview last Friday, which was then published by the US news website on Sunday. Axios says that when Mr Trump was asked why he had held off imposing further sanctions on Communist Party officials over the issue of the camps, he said: "Well, we were in the middle of a major trade deal. "And when you're in the middle of a negotiation and then all of a sudden you start throwing additional sanctions on - we've done a lot. I put tariffs on China, which are far worse than any sanction you can think of." Edited June 24, 2020 by Dr.Drako Closed Topic / Complete 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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