I think all of our immigration challenges that we have at the southern border deny one fact, that there are 25 million people in the southern hemisphere presently displaced from their country of origin, refugees seeking asylum or just being displaced.
Menendez highlights the scale of displacement affecting migration challenges.
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So is it also fair to say that since China is the economic force within that region that we are challenged in terms of our own national interests in meeting that economic force with one that can compete with it?
Without market access I think that we are going to be at a competitive disadvantage with China.
I get concerned when I see what former President Trump said while he was in office, raising questions about our security alliance with Japan.
Finally, Secretary Ratner, in March 2022 the Solomon Islands and China signed a security agreement ostensibly aiming in part to address, quote, ``internal threats'' including protecting Chinese owned businesses in the country.
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