Priebus: Trump not suggesting he’d change One-China policy

Published December 18, 2016 3:44pm ET



Reince Priebus, incoming chief of staff to President-elect Trump, said on Sunday the Republican politician’s tweets about China seizing an underwater Navy drone do not mean the new administration plans to re-examine the One-China policy, which maintains the People’s Republic of China has precedence over the Taiwanese Republic of China.

“We’re not suggesting we’re revisiting One-China policy right now. He’s not president right now. He’s respectful to the current president,” Priebus told Fox News host Chris Wallace.

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