Senate approval hearing on the 26th Pan-Government Response Needed”
Trump administration seems to maintain sanctions against China
US Secretary of Commerce-nominated Gina Rumando speaks at a conference to announce the results of the election of the economic team of the administration of Joe Biden held at the office of the Presidential Transition Committee in Wilmington, Delaware on the 8th. Wilmington/Reuters Yonhap News
Joe Biden’s US administration’s strong policy toward China is becoming more concrete. Retaliatory tariffs imposed during the Donald Trump administration and sanctions on Chinese companies are not likely to be lifted easily. According to the news reports on the 27th, the US Commerce Minister-nominee Gina Rumando attended the Senate approval hearing held by video the previous day and said, “We will face China’s unfair trade practices very aggressively.” I need it.” He said, “China has repeatedly carried out anti-competition behaviors such as dumping and exporting steel and aluminum to the United States,” he said. “This hurt American workers, and American companies lost their competitiveness.” He added, “China has engaged in unfair competition, violated the interests of US workers and companies, and committed human rights violations along with coercive trade practices.” “By mobilizing as much as possible means such as a list of restricted trade companies, retaliatory tariffs, and countervailing tariffs. We will ensure that American workers and businesses can compete fairly.” It is in line with the policy stance of the former administration of Donald Trump. The former administration of Trump has cited △infringement of intellectual property rights △forced technology transfer △subsidies △barriers to market entry as examples of China’s’unfair trade practices’. Trump’s former administration’s most preferred response to China is the designation of a so-called “trade-restricted company” that restricts exports of U.S. companies to companies that it believes could pose a threat to U.S. security, and the Department of Commerce is the main department. In addition to Huawei and other high-tech companies, more than 300 Chinese companies related to human rights violations in Xinjiang have been designated as’trade restrictions companies. Earlier, the US semiconductor industry sent a letter to the nominee of Rumando on the 25th, saying, “It is against the interests of American companies,” and requested that any embargo against foreign companies be released. Regarding this, the nominee Rumando said, “We cannot afford to create a’back door’ in the US network, whether in China or other countries, and endanger the national and economic security of the United States. It will protect the network.” Correspondent from Beijing/Inhwan Jung [email protected]