Pompeo Says US Trying to Convince China to ‘Behave Like a Normal Nation’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington D.C. on Oct. 23, 2018. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Oct. 31 the United States was engaged in a “multi-pronged effort...to convince China to behave like a normal nation on commerce” and respect international law after Washington indicted 10 Chinese nationals for stealing aviation secrets.

Speaking in a radio interview, Pompeo called China’s behavior in stealing intellectual property “inappropriate” and “not consistent with being a superpower or a leader in the world.”