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Pushed back over his complaint with the conversation of the president of taiwan. on friday trump became the first american leader to speak directly with taiwan's government since the u.s. began formal relations with china in 1979 creating speculation over whether trump will stick with the one china policy continued under the last six presidents. last night on twitter trump responded to the uproar saying he does not need permission to speak with taiwan. "did china after us if it was okay to devalue their currency making it hard for our companies to compete? heavy tax on our products going into ...

You know this involving china. donald trump isn't backing down from accepting that-o ing thain call the courtesy phone call. first time a conversation in a long time between the leader of taiwan and either a president or president-elect of the united states. he's not backing down. china, by the way, lodged a formal protest, us a know, with the white house. saying the u.s. should stick to the one china policy. trump responded, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency? making it hard for our companies to xbreet heavily tax our products? going into their country? the u.s. doesn't...

Team should realize that making the trouble for china/u.s. ties is making the trouble for themselves. adding with a poke at the president's make america great again slogan, quote, creating troubles for china won't make the u.s. great. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> reporter: the white house added its own criticism. >> it's unclear exactly what the strategic effort is, what the aim of the strategic effort is. and it's unclear, exactly, what potential benefit could be experienced by the united states. >> reporter: trump doubled and tripled down on his tougher stance over the weekend, tweeting,...

L heavily tax our products going into their country or build a massive military complex in the south china sea? i don't think so. joining us from beijing is ye alexandra field. are you getting any indication there could be retaliation down the line? >> reporter: we don't know what president-elect trump intended to illicit in taking on beijing on the twitter account. the spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs says china won't speculate what motivated his actions or transition team's actions. the tweets did not trigger an immediate response from officials here in beijing. they discusse...

Or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the south china sea? i don't think so. now, let me point out the u.s. does impose a small tax on chinese goods. so, earlier, white house press secretary josh earnest said, u.s. officials did speak with their chinese counterparts after that trump phone call. listen. >> some of the progress we have made in our relationship with china could be undermined by this issue flaring up. it's also unclear how the people who live in taiwan benefit from this issue flaring up. the response from the chinese government in the aftermath of this call has p...