Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Warning President Trump To Protect America’s Economic Interests And Not Sell Out Taiwan In Negotiations With China

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on the Senate floor warning President Trump not to sell out Taiwan and American economic interests in bilateral negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Just a day into Trump's trip to China, and he hasn't done anything to ease concerns that he might sell out America.

He arrived with a posse of billionaires in tow, including his own son, who oversees the family business. This kind of stuff is just incredible. So much for fighting against how China is hurting American workers and poisoning our communities with fentanyl. That would get in the way of Trump and his family profiting off doing business with the Chinese Communist Party.

Just hours in and Xi Jinping has already threatened to "collide or even clash" with the United States if we continue our support for Taiwan. Trump apparently didn't say anything in response. He was just mute. For the sake of democracy and the stability of the global economy, Trump must not sell out Taiwan.

Trump must also safeguard the interests of American workers, families, and businesses. Trump is continuing to roll forward on selling AI chips to Chinese companies that are linked with the Chinese military. Giving China access to this premier American technology, something we develop with our know how, our entrepreneurship, our ingenuity. And just giving it away to China, that's dangerous and threatens the U.S. lead in the AI race that going to shape the global economy for decades.

Chips aren't the only way Trump is selling out America. Trump is undermining American autoworkers by letting Chinese electric vehicles flood the market. And that's something he's very much considering. Communities across the country continue to suffer as Trump fails to secure real, meaningful action from Xi to stem the tide of fentanyl that's flowing into our country from China. If Xi out negotiates Trump, and that's happened almost every time he's negotiated with him in the past, it will undercut American manufacturers and workers who have long been hurt by the CCP's predatory trade practices.

When Trump does these negotiations, the only thing he is only looking for is a headline, so he can see himself on the front page of the newspaper. He doesn't think about what will happen a day later. And it hurts America every time.

If Xi out negotiates Trump, and if America emerges from these negotiations weaker than it was before, we will only have one person to blame: Donald Trump.

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