With the apparent appointment of two of America's most hawkish Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump looks to be setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with China.
Donald Trump is putting together his foreign policy team. Here's what Mike Waltz and Marco Rubio would mean for China Donald Trump is putting together his foreign policy team. Here's what Mike Waltz and Marco Rubio would mean for China With the apparent appointment of two of America's most hawkish Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump looks to be setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with China .
"So him, alongside the secretary of state and secretary of defence, are arguably the three most influential advisors to the president, but of those three, I think probably the most influential.Lyle Morris describes Senator Rubio as "one of … if not the most hawkish senator on China in the Senate".
A month earlier, Beijing had banned Mr Rubio after the US sanctioned several Chinese leaders which it says are responsible for human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. "As the author of the first piece of legislation on Uyghur human rights in the world, I remain committed to ensuring we do more to counter this modern-day slavery practice."
"He has not, to this point, really allowed the winds of what is fashionable in US politics or foreign policy, to sway him all that much on China." He too has been outspoken about China, calling Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs "genocide in every sense of the definition," comparing the CCP through its Belt and Road Initiative to a payday lender taking advantage of impoverished countries, andHe is a member of the House China Task Force, and has sponsored bills aimed at reducing America's dependence on Chinese critical minerals — an issue of increasing importance to both the Chinese and US governments.
"If indeed, Rubio is the secretary of state, I think it's going to be a very uniform hawkish policy on China."Mr Rubio ran against Mr Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries, but recent events suggest any acrimony has been put behind them.However, if Mr Trump's last term is anything to go by, appointments are hardly concrete under his watch.
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