Republican China Task Force Criticizes Raimondo, Kerry Tone on China
The House’s Republican-led China Task Force said several of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet officials aren’t grasping the “true threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party” and called for an immediate briefing to Congress on how the administration is dealing with China. The task force members, led by chair Michael McCaul, R-Texas, objected to recent comments by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and climate envoy John Kerry, who have advocated for more cooperation with China in certain commercial areas and on climate change, respectively.
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“We are gravely concerned by both the tone and language being used by high-ranking Biden Administration officials, including Secretary Raimondo and Special Envoy Kerry,” the task force said in a Sept. 28 statement. “We are calling on these officials to immediately receive a threat briefing and review the broken promises, theft of intellectual property, rampant economic espionage, and blatant coercion of American citizens that has resulted over decades of assuming commercial engagement would prevent tensions.” The Commerce and State departments didn’t comment.