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\"Laura Knoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n What about you, Governor though? What would what would your top foreign policy priorities be? Obviously, you disagree with the president. You wouldn't be running against me if you didn't. But how about you? What would you pick as a top priority? Bill Weld:<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I think I think climate change is a foreign priority. You have to deal with China and the rest of the world. And that's something that has to be done. And that's an existential threat, not just to part of our country, but to the planet. So that would kind of have my full attention. Bill Weld:<\/strong><\/p>\n Then, the relationship with China would be front and center in my thinking. That's the most important bilateral relationship in the world. And, you know, it lies in my mind that Xi Jinping, when he came in, said of the United States, we have a thousand reasons to be friends. I agree with him. We intersect on entirely too many planes to try to make foreign policy through tariffs and threats and sanctions all the time. Bill Weld:<\/strong><\/p>\n The president's foreign policy is entirely negative. And he doesn't rely at all - his policy doesn't rely at all on soft power, on diplomacy, and in preparation for meetings. He flies into these meetings blind. So I would pay a lot of attention to the relationship with China. And I think. Could be across, you know, a multitude of issues. I think the best way to solve the North Korea issue might be with the participation of China and South Korea as well, a regional solution. And that would obviously take some negotiation and some doing. But it's a heck of a lot better than just making your foreign policy by saying I just slapped another huge tariff on China. Now we're losing that war. Are our consumers are paying those staff. They're not being paid by the Chinese.\"<\/p>",
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