Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan Is In Asia For Talks With Allies On China

CNBC: Pentagon says US-China trade war won’t ‘spill over’ into military talks

* Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan downplays concerns that the U.S.-China trade war will further complicate defense discussions with Beijing.
* Shanahan, who is on an eight-day trip to Asia, says he will meet with his Chinese counterpart this week amid trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.
* "Trade runs a separate track, and we'll solve that. It is too important not to solve," Shanahan tells reporters traveling with him Wednesday. "I don't believe [it will] spill over into our dialogue and discussion on defense."

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Wednesday downplayed concerns that the U.S.-China trade war would further complicate defense discussions between Washington and Beijing.

“Trade runs a separate track, and we’ll solve that. It is too important not to solve,” Shanahan told reporters traveling with him. “I don’t believe [it will] spill over into our dialogue and discussion on defense.”

Shanahan, who embarked on an eight-day trip to Asia on Tuesday, said he would meet with his Chinese counterpart this week amid trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The meeting between Shanahan and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is expected to take place on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore.

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