{"id":572949,"date":"2021-06-24T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572949"},"modified":"2021-06-24T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:22:11","slug":"biden-aide-leading-infrastructure-negotiations-helped-push-through-disastrous-china-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aide-leading-infrastructure-negotiations-helped-push-through-disastrous-china-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Aide Leading Infrastructure Negotiations Helped Push Through Disastrous China Bill"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-aide-leading-infrastructure-negotiations-helped-push-through-disastrous-china-bill%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=572949&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 readability=\"30.610709117221\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Steve Ricchetti spearheaded China trade deal that led to &#8216;sharp decline&#8217; in U.S. manufacturing<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-736x491.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-1400x934.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tWASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JUNE 22: Steve Ricchetti, Counselor to U.S. President Joe Biden, steps out of a closed door meeting on infrastructure between White House officials and a bipartisan group of Senators on June 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Following the meeting, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki shared an update saying that progress was made between the two groups but that more work was still needed. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/chuck-ross\/\" title=\"Posts by Chuck Ross\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Chuck Ross<\/a> \u2022 June 24, 2021 2:10 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"75.001730103806\">\n<p>The White House official leading negotiations on a massive infrastructure spending bill had a crucial role in pushing through a China trade deal that has been blamed for a &#8220;sharp decline&#8221; in American manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Ricchetti, a close Biden confidant who serves as White House counselor, is &#8220;sculpting&#8221; details of the bill in White House meetings and with Democratic leaders in Congress, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/06\/24\/biden-whisperer-longtime-washington-lobbyist-center-sculpting-presidents-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. As deputy chief of staff to Bill Clinton, Ricchetti helped wrangle votes for a bill that established permanent normal trade relations with China. The legislation opened up trade markets between the United States and China and allowed China to become a member of the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton praised Ricchetti at the time for spearheading negotiations with lawmakers. But the bill was criticized by Democrats including then-Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). A 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/system\/files\/working_papers\/w18655\/w18655.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> from two Yale researchers found that permanent normal trade relations led to a &#8220;sharp drop&#8221; in U.S. manufacturing jobs in the years after it was implemented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the basis of trade alone there is enough reason to oppose PNTR at this time,&#8221; Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/pelosi.house.gov\/sites\/pelosi.house.gov\/files\/pressarchives\/releases\/prleader.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on April 19, 2000. &#8220;China has violated every trade agreement it has made with the U.S. over the last ten years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4923828\/user-clip-rep-bernie-sanders-calls-repeal-pntr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a speech in 2005 that the bill had been an &#8220;absolute failure&#8221; for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Normal Trade Relations for the People&#8217;s Republic of China Act passed both the House and the Senate, with then-Senator Joe Biden voting in favor of it despite opposition within his own party.<\/p>\n<p>Ricchetti has come under scrutiny because of his brother\u2019s lobbying work. Jeff Ricchetti has seen a windfall of new lobbying clients in the months since his brother was tapped by the Biden White House. Executives from two companies that have hired Ricchetti, Amazon and General Motors, have secured meetings at the White House, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/companies-secure-white-house-meetings-after-hiring-top-biden-aides-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are pushing for $6 trillion in spending on infrastructure projects and various climate change initiatives. The Democratic proposal includes a $2.5 trillion tax hike. Republicans have countered with a proposal to spend nearly $1 trillion on traditional infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration Steve Ricchetti spearheaded China trade deal that led to &#8216;sharp decline&#8217; in U.S. manufacturing  WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; JUNE 22: Steve Ricchetti, Counselor to U.S. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2281237,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-736x491-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Aide Leading Infrastructure Negotiations Helped Push Through Disastrous China Bill","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324937074-736x491-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Aide Leading Infrastructure Negotiations Helped Push Through Disastrous China Bill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572949","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}