Speaker of the US House of Representatives: The new Congress will be aggressive with China

According to RCO News Agency, “Mike Johnson”, the speaker of the American House of Representatives, announced today (Tuesday) that the Republican Party intends to pursue an aggressive approach towards China in the new Congress.

“I think we need to be very aggressive with China … in the new Congress, you’re going to see a very aggressive approach to this,” Johnson told reporters after the Republican National Convention. Republicans are very serious and alert about this. We have many rules and measures that we want to follow.”

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States further said that he expects the President-elect Donald Trump to agree with the Congress and act very aggressively on the China issue.

In his meeting this week with current US President Joe Biden, which took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Peru, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing is ready to cooperate with the Trump administration.

Trump, who imposed heavy tariffs of up to 25 percent on Chinese goods during his first term as president from 2016 to 2020, won the US presidential election this month. The Republican candidate, who defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris to the White House, promised during the election campaigns that he would impose heavy taxes on imports from China, including tariffs of up to 60 percent.

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