Schumer, Durbin, Reed, Shaheen, Warner, Coons, Schatz, Warren, Kim Statement On Trump’s China Policy Ahead Of His Summit With President Xi

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Warner (D-VA) Chris Coons (D-DE), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) released the following statement as President Trump arrives in China for his meeting with President Xi. The Senators condemned the administration's policies on China as failures for the American people and national security and encouraged the President to secure real, long-lasting wins for American families, rather than trade away American security and jobs for a photo-op.

"The Trump Administration's China policy has been one failure after another for American taxpayers and U.S. national security. In just the last year, the President has walked back export controls and blessed sales of critical AI chips to Chinese firms, cut American research, weakened our alliances, squeezed farmers, and failed to stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities. Instead of investing in U.S. alliances and partnerships to tackle global challenges, Trump has destroyed U.S. global standing, one of America's most formidable advantages over China.

"Now, as the President arrives in Beijing, he isn't even pretending he will try to solve these problems-most of his own creation. Instead, he's focused on investment deals that could threaten American manufacturing and economic independence. Given the economic hardship facing families across our country, Trump owes the American people solutions, not just another red-carpet appearance.

"The solutions to these challenges are forged at home and with U.S. allies and partners and will not be solved in any one summit. To be effective, he must have a plan to defend U.S. manufacturing and ensure any U.S. investments in China do not allow our most advanced technologies to flow to the People's Liberation Army. He needs to get serious about investing in the research, skills, and industrial might needed for the U.S. to build the jobs of the future here in America. He should rebuild alliances and partnerships, provide U.S. security support to Taiwan amid growing threats, and reverse the damage done by his bullying of allies with across-the-board tariffs. And when it comes to halting the flow of fentanyl and synthetic opioid precursors, Trump should not let Xi repackage the same deliverables that the Biden Administration already secured. Rather, he should rebuild multilateral counternarcotics pressure on China to end money laundering and government acquiescence to precursor and equipment sales once and for all.

"U.S. national security and American taxpayers cannot afford for Trump to simply get another photo op while folding to Xi. On fentanyl, economic security, regional and global security, American jobs, and prices at home - Trump must come back from Beijing with real, long-lasting wins for the American people."

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