{"id":1937235,"date":"2023-05-24T18:25:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-presses-blinken-for-answers-on-reported-pause-of-china-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:27:44","slug":"rep-mccaul-presses-blinken-for-answers-on-reported-pause-of-china-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-presses-blinken-for-answers-on-reported-pause-of-china-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"McCaul asks Blinken about reported China sanctions pause."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Frep-mccaul-presses-blinken-for-answers-on-reported-pause-of-china-sanctions%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=1937235&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--><h2>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Demands Answers from State Department Over China Policy<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is demanding details from the State Department over its reported decision to withhold actions aimed at confronting threats from communist China.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-board-reverses-course-on-george-floyd-pardon-over-procedural-errors\/\" title=\"Texas Board Reverses Course On George Floyd Pardon Over \u2018Procedural Errors\u2019\">letter made public<\/a> on May 24, McCaul cited a recent Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/why-us-delayed-china-sanctions-after-shooting-down-spy-balloon-2023-05-11\/\">report<\/a> saying the State Department \u201cheld back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a>-related sanctions, export controls, and other sensitive actions to try to limit damage to the U.S.-China relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report quoted Rick Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan, telling staff in an email that \u201cGuidance from S (Secretary of State) is to push non-balloon actions to the right so we can focus on symmetric and calibrated response. We can revisit other actions in a few weeks.\u201d The email was dated Feb. 6, two days after the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-spy-ballon-shot-down-falling-toward-atlantic_5034316.html\">shot down<\/a> the Chinese spy balloon and three days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/blinken-postpones-beijing-trip-after-chinese-spy-balloon-discovery_5032033.html\">postponed<\/a> a planned trip to Beijing over the balloon episode.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-presses-blinken-for-answers-on-reported-pause-of-china-sanctions\/\" title=\"McCaul asks Blinken about reported China sanctions pause.\">postponed actions include<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Export controls targeting Chinese telecom supplier Huawei<\/li>\n<li>Sanctions against Chinese officials for human rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Reuters report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-washington-post-nbc-news-all-forced-to-retract-false-claims-about-trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani\/\" title=\"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News All Forced To Retract False Claims About Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani\">citing unnamed sources<\/a>, also said Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was eager to \u201cmove on\u201d from the balloon incident and reschedule the Blinken trip.<\/p>\n<h3>McCaul Calls State Department&#8217;s Actions &#8220;Deeply Troubling&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>To McCaul, who advocates for a stronger position on China, such instructions are \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d and demonstrate the State Department\u2019s \u201ccontinued weakness and passivity\u201d in the face of Chinese aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress has empowered the executive branch with national security tools such as sanctions and export controls for the express purpose of protecting U.S. national security and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/persecution-fears-rise-as-biden-backs-away-from-religious-freedom-abroad\/\" title=\"Persecution Fears Rise as Biden Backs Away From Religious Freedom Abroad\">foreign policy interests<\/a>, but the Department apparently refuses to implement them,\u201d he wrote in the letter to Blinken, noting that the report is consistent with information his committee has received in recent months. \u201cThis undermines not only the basis for these tools but also diplomatic efforts to secure coordination among partners and allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5289432\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/24\/id5289432-GettyImages-1251834426-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/24\/id5289432-GettyImages-1251834426-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink (C), speaks during a meeting with Vietnam\u2019s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on April 15, 2023. (Luong Thai Linh\/AFP via Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink (C), speaks during a meeting with Vietnam\u2019s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on April 15, 2023. (Luong Thai Linh\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, remained evasive when Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) repeatedly questioned him whether Sherman \u201crefused to approve or requested any delay in implementation of congressionally-mandated Uyghur Human Rights Policy\u201d sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to take a number of steps and we will take a number of steps to hold accountable,\u201d replied Kritenbrink, as Huizenga interrupted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, has requested information from the State Department regarding its decision to withhold actions against communist China. McCaul cited a Reuters report in a letter made public on May 24, which stated that the State Department had delayed human rights-related sanctions and export controls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":1937236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4636,4501,13724,4782,10692,5036],"class_list":["post-1937235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blinken","tag-china","tag-mccaul","tag-pause","tag-reported","tag-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}