Paris, Nov. 10 -- In a reaffirmation of the administration's transactional and state-centric foreign policy posture, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington prioritises American national interest above international structures or foreign obligations, highlighted by recent intelligence warnings involving the technology sector.

Addressing the core friction between Washington and Beijing, Secretary Rubio emphasised that major power competition is an inevitable reality driven by competing national systems, on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Paris, France.

"I think that the Chinese system is always going to act in the best interest of the Chinese system and the United States will always act in the b...