US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells NBC: China has confirmed that it does not support turning the Strait of Hormuz into a military tool, and that it opposes imposing fees on passage through the strait.
U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio:
I think China’s preference is probably to have Taiwan willingly voluntarily join them.
In a perfect world, what they would want is some vote or a referendum in Taiwan that agrees to fold in. I think that’s what they would prefer.
Ultimately it’s featured prominently in President Xi’s mandate in the time he’s been in office. He’s made clear that what they call reunification, what they call it, is something that has to happen at some point.
We think it would be a terrible mistake to force that through force or anything of that nature.
President Trump:
President Xi would like to see a deal made. He said, “If I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help.”
Anybody that buys that much oil obviously has some kind of relationship, and he’d like to see the Hormuz Strait open.
China has also agreed to buy 200 Boeing airplanes.
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