The United States is not avoiding pursuing human rights concerns in parallel with trade talks with China, says Mr Sam Brownback, US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
"There's not per se a human rights track in the trade negotiations; they are set up to handle trade issues, not human rights issues," he said in an interview with The Straits Times on Thursday.
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