Trump can maintain good relations with both Japan and China, White House says


WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump can maintain both a "good working relationship" with ⁠China and a "very strong ⁠alliance" with Japan even as tensions ‍have risen between those two countries, the White House said on Thursday.

"Japan is a great ally of the United States as evidenced by their personal relationship and our continued trade relations with Japan," said ;White House spokeswoman Karoline ‍Leavitt at a press briefing.

"With respect ‍to China, the president also has a good working relationship with President Xi, which he ⁠believes is a good thing ‍for ​our country, and he believes that the United States should be in a position ;to have a ⁠good working ‍relationship with China while maintaining our very ‍strong alliance with Japan."



(Reporting ;by Andrea ‍Shalal ​and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Chris Reese)