'China hasn't agreed to substantively do anything new,' Senator Chris Murphy said.
Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also argued that the new agreement offered little substance.
The criticism from Schumer and Murphy echoed the official statement issued by the Democratic National Committee in December, shortly after Trump announced the pending deal. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said the same of Trump's latest agreement with China. The independent senator from Vermont has proudly opposed numerous trade deals during his time in Washington, generally arguing that they are bad for American workers.
President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He hold up signed documents of a"phase one" trade agreement on January 15 at the White House.Fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota also took aim at the president's trade policies."Real people have been hurt by Donald Trump's trade war.
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