Daniel R. Russel: “Our strategy is based on deterrence, on diplomacy, and on pressure.”

We are pushing hard for the safety of the Rohingya, and the full access of humanitarian agencies.

This is a defensive measure aimed not at China but at North Korea.

Our ability to ensure both for ourselves and for others the unimpeded right to navigate, to conduct lawful commerce is at the heart of our economic interests as well as our national security interests.

Well, my testimony addresses U.S. values. And the values component includes rule of law, includes transparency, includes good governance, includes labor standards, includes anti-trafficking.