Gardiner Harris, Sharp Criticism for China In US Report on Slavery; Signals from Washington that relations with Beijing could soon plunge. New York Times, , June 28, 2017.
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"in an event held Tuesday [June 27] morning at the State Department to formally release the 17th annual report on the issue [human trafficking] * * * [Ivanka Trump] joined Secretary of State Rex W Tillerson * * * he spoke with a passion rarely displayed during his early tenure in public office.
"The fierce criticism of China [in the event for human trafficking violations] promises to accelerate a rapid worsening of relations with the Asian nation that had briefly benefited from good feelings generated by an April summit meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping at Mr Trump’s Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.