Blinken in Beijing: Not in ‘Our Interest’ to Decouple from China
Jordan Dixon-Hamilton
19 Jun 2023
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/...decouple-china/

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the Biden administration’s position that it would not be in “our interest” to decouple from China during a Monday press conference in Beijing held after talks with genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.

Blinken’s two-day trip to China marks the first time a U.S. secretary of state has met with Xi since 2018. After his meeting with Xi, Blinken reiterated that the administration is “not about decoupling” from China; instead, they are about “de-risking and diversifying.”

President Joe Biden made similar remarks during the G7 summit last month, saying, “We’re not looking to decouple from China, we’re looking to de-risk and diversify our relationship with China.”

Bloomberg’s Iain Marlow asked Blinken the following question at the press conference:

China has accused the U.S. of economic containment over the Biden administration’s efforts to limit Beijing’s access to key technology, including semiconductors, as you mentioned. Are you worried that the future U.S. moves in that area will derail the current efforts to stabilize ties with China, and might force the Chinese to take retaliatory measures, perhaps, in other areas of the relationship?

Blinken told Marlow it was “important” for him to “disabuse our Chinese hosts of the notion that we are seeking to economically contain them” while on his trip.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“We’re not. And as I’ve said, we are not about decoupling; we’re about de-risking and diversifying,” Blinken repeated.

Americans have lost nearly four million jobs since 2001 due to free trade with China, of which close to three million are in the manufacturing sector, as Breitbart News reported.

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