US top diplomat rips into China, urges ASEAN to trust in US

BANGKOK, THAILAND - US top diplomat Mike Pompeo on Friday implored Southeast Asian nations to trust in US values, delivering a withering takedown of Chinese-style development, comments Beijing later s

watted away as "meaningless."

"Our investments don't serve a government.... don't serve a political party," he said of the Chinese Communist Party. His speech came hours after President Donald Trump promised to slap 10 percent tariffs on a further $300 billion of Chinese goods in a sharp escalation of the trade war between the two superpowers.

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