Robert Lighthizer

This is their objective. This centrality of China runs through their history for 2,000 years, and we are a problem. So for all of those reasons, you have to realize we have a real existential threat and we have to do something about it.

This is their objective. This centrality of China runs through their history for 2,000 years, and we are a problem. So for all of those reasons, you have to realize we have a real existential threat and we have to do something about it.

This is their objective. This centrality of China runs through their history for 2,000 years, and we are a problem. So for all of those reasons, you have to realize we have a real existential threat and we have to do something about it.

And the first thing you do is you stop transferring hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth to people that they're using to build technology and military systems to defeat you, right? That's the first thing you do. And we are doing that. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in trade deficit. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in stolen technology.

And the first thing you do is you stop transferring hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth to people that they're using to build technology and military systems to defeat you, right? That's the first thing you do. And we are doing that. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in trade deficit. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in stolen technology.

And the first thing you do is you stop transferring hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth to people that they're using to build technology and military systems to defeat you, right? That's the first thing you do. And we are doing that. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in trade deficit. We are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in stolen technology.

We are transferring money through this fentanyl crisis that we have. If you look at all of these things, you have to stop that, right? It is – like the first thing you do is you stop – Stop digging when you're in a hole. So what we need, I would propose, is not no economic relationship. I'm not for decoupling, but I think we need strategic decoupling.

We are transferring money through this fentanyl crisis that we have. If you look at all of these things, you have to stop that, right? It is – like the first thing you do is you stop – Stop digging when you're in a hole. So what we need, I would propose, is not no economic relationship. I'm not for decoupling, but I think we need strategic decoupling.

We are transferring money through this fentanyl crisis that we have. If you look at all of these things, you have to stop that, right? It is – like the first thing you do is you stop – Stop digging when you're in a hole. So what we need, I would propose, is not no economic relationship. I'm not for decoupling, but I think we need strategic decoupling.

I think we need balanced trade in areas that benefit America. I think we need independent technology going forward made with America and with America's allies. And then I think we have to regulate ingoing and outgoing trade.

I think we need balanced trade in areas that benefit America. I think we need independent technology going forward made with America and with America's allies. And then I think we have to regulate ingoing and outgoing trade.

I think we need balanced trade in areas that benefit America. I think we need independent technology going forward made with America and with America's allies. And then I think we have to regulate ingoing and outgoing trade.

Well, so the first question I would say, how does China regulate investment in the United States, right? They have a state body that says this is in the interest of China, therefore you can invest in the United States because you're going to get data or technology.

Well, so the first question I would say, how does China regulate investment in the United States, right? They have a state body that says this is in the interest of China, therefore you can invest in the United States because you're going to get data or technology.

Well, so the first question I would say, how does China regulate investment in the United States, right? They have a state body that says this is in the interest of China, therefore you can invest in the United States because you're going to get data or technology.

And inbound investment, if you try to invest over there, they got people who sit there and say, is this in the interest of China or them? And they just stood up and said, is this in the interest of China? So we really need... In terms of inbound investment, we need to take CFIUS, this group, this group at the Treasury Department, and expand their mandate and fill it through.

And inbound investment, if you try to invest over there, they got people who sit there and say, is this in the interest of China or them? And they just stood up and said, is this in the interest of China? So we really need... In terms of inbound investment, we need to take CFIUS, this group, this group at the Treasury Department, and expand their mandate and fill it through.

And inbound investment, if you try to invest over there, they got people who sit there and say, is this in the interest of China or them? And they just stood up and said, is this in the interest of China? So we really need... In terms of inbound investment, we need to take CFIUS, this group, this group at the Treasury Department, and expand their mandate and fill it through.

Well, you can only invest in China if they determine it's in China's interest.

Well, you can only invest in China if they determine it's in China's interest.