Republican lawmakers criticized the Biden administration’s stance on communist China following a phone call between President Joe Biden and the regime’s leader Xi Jinping on Thursday.
During the call, which lasted two hours and 17 minutes, the two leaders exchanged views on a series of topics ranging from climate change, the Ukraine war, to Taiwan, according to senior U.S. administration officials.
Biden also talked to Xi about tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods imposed by former President Donald Trump, which Biden is currently considering lifting as part of efforts to rein in rampant inflation.
But a senior administration official said Biden didn’t share any potential steps he might take during the call. The president raised his “core concerns with China’s unfair economic practices, which harm American workers and harm American families,” the official said….