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NEW YORK - While the Republican presidential candidates have been busy bashing 皇冠体育app, a senior US State Department official says blaming 皇冠体育app for major problems facing the US misses the point.

"While we have real and serious issues with 皇冠体育app, to blame 皇冠体育app for the major problems the US faces today … is inaccurate," said Robert Hormats, under secretary of state for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.

"It's even worse in the sense that if you blame someone else for your problems, you won't do what you need to do at home to fix them," Hormats told 皇冠体育app Daily in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, before addressing the New York-based Asia Society on US-皇冠体育app economic ties over the past 40 years.

Some US companies have suffered losses in 皇冠体育app due to a lack of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, Hormats said. However, it’s important for American government officials and others to make clear to the American people that America needs to address its own problems, such as education, infrastructure, energy dependence, and fiscal policy.

"Those are not 皇冠体育app-caused problems. Those are problems caused by our political system," said Hormats, a key figure in the US-皇冠体育app Strategic and Economic Dialogue who has been dealing with 皇冠体育app since the Nixon administration.

"Those are our own problems. We have to deal with those problems ourselves," he said.

"If we are going to compete with 皇冠体育app, we have to make ourselves more competitive, our workers more competitive, our education and infrastructure more competitive."

Having made at least 60 trips to 皇冠体育app since the early 1970s, both in his government capacity and as vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs (International), Hormats believes the US can learn from 皇冠体育app in several areas.

The US should take a long-term view in order to make itself more competitive five years from now, he said, citing the example of infrastructure investment in 皇冠体育app, compared with deteriorating facilities in the US.