House Republicans are threatening to block the Biden administration from lifting some sanctions against Chinese entities after it was reported they were considering doing so.
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss the extent of the Biden family’s exposed business dealings, the UFO congressional hearing, and China.House Republicans are threatening to block President Biden from agreeing to Beijing's reported demand that the U.S. lift"The [Chinese Communist Party] is using American lives as a bargaining chip to achieve sanctions relief for its human rights abuses," Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif.
Their letter, sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, cited a Wall Street Journal report that said Chinese officials want Biden to lift certain economic penalties related to the CCP’s human rights abuses in exchange for Beijing’s help to stem the flow of fentanyl ravaging the country. They also warned that if the talks continue in that direction, Congress could move to block the effort.
"Given how many of our constituents have died from fentanyl overdoses, we expect the Administration to regularly engage our offices on efforts it is taking to hold the PRC accountable to these obligations," the letter said."We do not support lifting export controls or sanctions as a condition for cooperation with [China], and we are considering legislation to ensure the Administration cannot circumvent Congress.
"China’s Ministry of Public Security’s Institute of Forensic Science was added to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List on June 5, 2020, for engaging in human rights violations and abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region ," they added."This demonstrates the CCP’s continued efforts to link unrelated issues as a negotiation tactic and to leverage diplomatic engagement as a reward for CCP-perceived ‘good behavior.
The institute was sanctioned by the Trump administration in 2020 over"China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance
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