US, China in ‘mutually assured disruption’ dynamic, both sides worse off if they continue imposing restrictions on one another: PM Wong

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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Singapore seeks to have friendly ties with as many countries as possible, including Europeans, Gulf countries and North Korea, among others. SINGAPORE: While the United States and Soviet Union were caught in a state of “mutually assured destruction” during the Cold War, the US and China could now be in a dynamic of “mutually assured disruption”, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday (Jun 8). In such a relationship, “any attempt by one side to impose