U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for China Chad Sbragia speaks during a meeting on Asia-Pacific Security Architecture at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is not seeking to "decouple" from China and not asking any country to choose sides, a senior U.S. defence official said on Monday, offering a softer outlook on relations bruised by a bitter trade war.
China has been nervous that the United States is seeking to sever, or at least severely curb, economic ties in what has been called a "decoupling". Beijing fears that the Trump administration wants a complete separation with China.
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