{"id":1579939,"date":"2022-07-30T01:04:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T05:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1579939"},"modified":"2022-07-30T01:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T05:04:40","slug":"republican-lawmakers-disparage-bidens-approach-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmakers-disparage-bidens-approach-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Lawmakers Disparage Biden\u2019s Approach to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-lawmakers-disparage-bidens-approach-to-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1579939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican lawmakers criticized the Biden administration\u2019s stance on communist China following a phone call between President Joe Biden and the regime\u2019s leader Xi Jinping on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the call, which lasted two hours and 17 minutes, the two leaders exchanged views on a series of topics ranging from climate change, the Ukraine war, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/xi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan_4627968.html\">Taiwan<\/a>, according to senior U.S. administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also talked to Xi about tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods imposed by former President Donald Trump, which Biden is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-could-remove-some-unnecessary-china-tariffs-amid-soaring-inflation-yellen_4544316.html\">considering lifting<\/a> as part of efforts to rein in rampant inflation.<\/p>\n<p>But a senior administration official said Biden didn\u2019t share any potential steps he might take during the call. The president raised his \u201ccore concerns with China\u2019s unfair economic practices, which harm American workers and harm American families,\u201d the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/07\/28\/background-press-call-on-president-bidens-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Biden\u2019s potential China tariff cuts,\u00a0Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) slammed the administration over its soft stance on U.S. adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden and the Democrats are the best friends communist China has ever had,\u201d the senator told NTD, the sister media of The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery enemy of America is stronger today than they were,\u201d Cruz said, referring to the Chinese regime and Russia, accusing the Democrats\u2019 approaches of \u201cweakness, appeasement, surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has sought comment from the White House.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Win\u2019 for Xi <\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s call is the fifth such conversation between Biden and Xi. White House officials said the conversation was \u201ccandid,\u201d though they didn\u2019t mention concrete progress on a spat of issues that have caused already-tensed Sino\u2013U.S. ties to deteriorate to their lowest point in decades.<\/p>\n<p>However, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) characterized the call itself as a signal of winning for the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when he was facing problems at home.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/11\/11\/GettyImages-1235778034-1200x794.jpg\"><\/a> Chinese leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers criticized the Biden administration\u2019s stance on communist China following a phone call between President Joe Biden and the regime\u2019s leader Xi Jinping on Thursday. 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