'Negotiators are usually very, very tough and sometimes mean people. They aren't nice people like you are,' Rep. Greg Murphy told Katherine Tai, the U.S. trade representative.
WASHINGTON - When Rep. Greg Murphy got his turn to question the United States' top trade negotiator at a House hearing Friday, he told her she was too nice to do her job and had "too nice a smile."
"Negotiators are usually very, very tough and sometimes mean people. They aren't nice people like you are," Murphy told her. In his extensive remarks, Murphy criticized trade policy in the Biden administration, calling the Paris climate agreement and "green things" distractions that he argued keep the United States from competing with China. He told Tai that she is "handicapped" by the Biden administration, adding, "and you're stuck - personally, I feel sorry for you - you're stuck in the middle of that.
"I just, I feel like you've been put in a tough spot, personally, because there's just been - this administration above you has just shown no interest in trade," Murphy responded.A spokesman for Murphy suggested that criticism of his remarks reduced Tai "to just her gender" and argued that it was ridiculous.
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