The United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate accords and World Health Organization opens a power vaccum for adversaries like China to fill.

China vowed on Tuesday to continue participating in two cornerstone multinational arrangements -- the World Health Organization and Paris climate accord -- after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump ordered withdrawals from them.

Donald Trump has extended the deadline on the TikTok ban by 75 days but is now pushing for 50 percent U.S. ownership—an unlikely scenario.

BEIJING - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that the Chinese side is concerned following the US announcement of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Spokesman Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a daily news briefing when answering a relevant query.

China is committed to continuing its participation in the WHO and the Paris climate accord, expressing concern over US President Trump’s orders to wit

In a Day 1 executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark climate accord. Additional orders on energy are expected.

President Trump stopped short of setting down fresh tariffs on China in his first hours in office, but he cited Beijing in signing several of his executive orders, including decisions to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization,

The president postponed what appeared to be a looming clash on trade and expressed a willingness to talk business, but he remains critical of Beijing.

The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and the pact to tax large multinationals adds to the president’s expansionist rhetoric and his conviction that ‘everybody needs’ the United States

European leaders, including EU President Ursula von der Leyen, have adopted less critical rhetoric toward China. This signals EU’s recognition of viable alternatives to the US.

The US president has already declared a national emergency at the border, as he begins his crackdown on immigration.