Wang Yi warns against ‘knee-jerk’ calls for US-China decoupling

MUNICH: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Saturday (Feb 14) against “knee-jerk” calls for the United States to distance itself from China and said that despite some positive recent signs from the White House, some US voices were undermining the relationship. Calling for a “positive and pragmatic” policy from Washington, he told the Munich Security Conference the best outcome for both would be cooperation. Wang Yi met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday in what a US official described as a “positive and constructive” meeting and discussed a planned visit to Beijing in April by US President…