"Forced labor and human rights abuses in the PRC span multiple sectors and regions, and PRC officials continue to obstruct international efforts to identify and monitor these abuses."
"As Secretary Blinken has said, our relationship with the PRC will be competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be, and adversarial when it must be."
"This administration will compete, and compete vigorously, with the PRC where we should, and we will cooperate with the PRC where it is in our interest."
"I think the President would want to know if something is just baloney, or if a country is misleading."
"Yes, I commit that I will not take steps to trade other U.S. interests for the sake of an agreement or promises from the PRC on climate change."
"His role is to lead the U.S. diplomatic efforts worldwide to reassert U.S. climate leadership and raise global ambition to meet the daunting climate challenge."
"I reject the linkage of action on climate to other issues in the bilateral relationship."
"If confirmed, I will implement the administration's priorities, ensure that the PRC is held accountable for its human rights abuses."
"As Special Presidential Envoy Kerry has noted, climate is a critical standalone issue, and other aspects of the U.S.-China relationship will not be traded for U.S. interests."
"Human rights and democracy are at the core of U.S. foreign policy."
"I agree with the Biden-Harris administration's position that the PRC is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang."
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