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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

The bill demonstrates the deep respect the United States shows Taiwan, approaching it like some of our closest partners.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I just feel the imbalance is so significant and it is going to get worse and worse and worse until we decide that we ought to prioritize our own neighborhood and make investments.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

They said, just add us into the Columbia trade deal.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I want you to focus on those things, but, look, if China's offer is, we are not demanding any reform, here is some money, here is an investment and our offer is, yes, once we help you improve all these aspects of yourself, then we are open…

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I introduced the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act with Senators Risch, Van Hollen, and Romney to provide the President with the authority to negotiate.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I just feel the imbalance is so significant and it is going to get worse and worse and worse until we decide that we ought to prioritize our own neighborhood and make investments.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I introduced the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act with Senators Risch, Van Hollen, and Romney to provide the President with the authority to negotiate.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I want you to focus on those things, but, look, if China's offer is, we are not demanding any reform, here is some money, here is an investment and our offer is, yes, once we help you improve all these aspects of yourself, then we are open…

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

The bill demonstrates the deep respect the United States shows Taiwan, approaching it like some of our closest partners.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I have a hard time understanding why this Indo-Pacific partnership has moved out a lot faster than APEP has.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I think we have some significant workforce challenges that we have to grapple with.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

We had 2 and a half years to try to show this erstwhile ally that wanted to lean toward the United States that there was some value in leaning that way, and we really did nothing.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I think we have some significant workforce challenges that we have to grapple with.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

Virginia is really finally embracing kind of clean energy with offshore wind, significant solar deployment.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

Virginia is a state that has very significant climate challenges.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

I'm a big admirer of what you've done, and we're making a lot of resiliency investments.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 26, 2023

What are the tools that we have at our disposal to persuade them that it is worth following our higher transparency, environmental, and labor standards?

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2023

They said, just add us into the Columbia trade deal.

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