( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “allegation “completely unfounded.’” The U.S. State Department has set up an eight-person team known as “the firm” to provide help to countries cut off from Chinese trade. [CutID: <Cuts> CHINA-THE-FIRM-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: CHINA-THE-FIRM-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: allegation completely unfounded] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ———————————- VERBATIM: The team emerged […]
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China has threatened trade with some countries after feuds
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “allegation “completely unfounded.'”
The U.S. State Department has set up an eight-person team known as “the firm” to provide help to countries cut off from Chinese trade.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The team emerged after Washington stepped in to help Lithuania when the northern European country found its cargo shipments to and from China stranded two years ago during a feud over Taiwan. State Department officials say Washington sees ”the firm” as an emergency response when a country fears facing economic pressure from China. The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. says Beijing opposes economic coercion and calls the American allegation “completely unfounded.”