The move comes as US politicians are ratcheting up the pressure on China, which they see as a threat to American jobs and security, and despite
saying he was close to agreeing a phase one trade deal with Beijing.
US senators have moved to introduce legislation that would require the government to regularly outline its global economic security strategy in a bid to confront the economic threat from “near-peer competitor” China.
The move comes as US politicians are ratcheting up the pressure on China, which they see as a threat to American jobs and security, and despite
saying he was close to agreeing a phase one trade deal with Beijing.
The so-called Global Economic Security Strategy Act would require the president to produce a report on the United States’ economic competitiveness, threats to its economic security and ways to deal with them.
The bill was introduced by Republican senators Marco Rubio and Todd Young, and Democratic senators Jeff Merkley and Chris Coons, according to a statement on Rubio’s website on Tuesday.
While the bill is meant to promote “free, fair and reciprocal economic relationships” with all US economic partners, the senators focused on the threat of China.
“For the first time in almost three decades, the United States is confronted with a near-peer competitor on the global stage in China,” Rubio said in the statement…….more here