Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a stark message for the governors gathered in Washington this weekend: The Chinese government is watching them, and other state government officials, more closely than they think
“They’ve labeled each of you friendly, hardline or ambiguous,” he said, describing a report put out by the think tank last year. “I’ll let you decide where you think you belong. Someone in China already has. Many of you indeed, in the report are referenced by name.”Pompeo told the governors to verify business inquiries and “not to make separate individual deals” with China that could “undermine national policy.
Against the backdrop of President Donald Trump's tumultuous trade relationship with the Chinese government, Pompeo said that the U.S. can find places to cooperate “when our interests converge" — he pointed to the first part of the trade deal Trump “You get curveballs every day from all across the place,” Pompeo said. “But don’t lose sight of the competition with China that’s already present in your state. Let’s all rise to the occasion and protect our security, our continent, and all that we hold dear, all of our freedoms.”“His word was simply to be cautious,” Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said following the speech.
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