{"id":493263,"date":"2021-05-10T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T21:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=493263"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T21:06:20","slug":"sen-rubio-china-uses-influence-on-u-s-corporations-to-push-for-china-friendly-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rubio-china-uses-influence-on-u-s-corporations-to-push-for-china-friendly-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rubio: China uses influence on U.S. corporations to push for China-friendly policies"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsen-rubio-china-uses-influence-on-u-s-corporations-to-push-for-china-friendly-policies%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=493263&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--><div id=\"attachment_2406233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2406233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:02\u00a0 PM PT \u2013 Monday, May 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said China has \u201cdeputized major U.S. companies to push for policies that help China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tN2ZUBRDwMs\">interview<\/a> Friday, the Florida lawmaker noted how companies these days appear all too willing to do what it takes to make sure they capture business in China. He said business leaders cave to Chinese demands then come back to the U.S. and argue the Chinese government is mistreated, while claiming there is a lot of opportunity there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some of these companies around the world, their CEOs are judged on a quarterly basis,\u201d stated Rubio. \u201cIf the Chinese kick you out of their economy, that\u2019s gonna be a big hit in your revenue and your shareholders are gonna be unhappy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was particularly seen in 2019 after the general manager of the Houston Rockets tweeted his support of Hong Kong, in turn, prompting the NBA to denounce the tweet and creating outcry from Chinese fans.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, major U.S. companies like General Motors sell more products in China than anywhere else in the world. China is a $660 billion market for the American economy.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said China has utilized capitalism against us, deputizing major American corporations and their leaders to push for policies that favor the Chinese position. This follows China\u2019s use of its own pressure on business leaders to play by its rules or risk losing business in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think that becomes really problematic for people\u2026you might be a mid-sized business, but your supply chain depends on you making your product in China because it\u2019s the only place you can make it cheap enough to sell it back here in the United States,\u201d Rubio continued. \u201cAnd they make it pretty clear to you that unless you do what they\u2019re asking you to do or if you step out of line, they\u2019ll close your factory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said people like Apple CEO Tim Cook aren\u2019t able to speak their mind about China due to the risk of losing supply and production capacity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Former Attorney General William Barr last year slammed companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple as well as Hollywood elites for being too willing to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party. Barr said they were too focused on short-term profits and called U.S. tech companies \u201cpawns of Chinese influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/restaurants-across-the-u-s-report-hiring-crisis\/\">Restaurants Across The U.S. Report Hiring Crisis<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 2:02\u00a0 PM PT \u2013 Monday, May 10, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277718,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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