The White House's China policy needs a reset. That's according to Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat who has represented California's 17th Congressional District since 2017.
In April, in a speech at Stanford University, Khanna called for a "constructive rebalancing with China" by reducing trade deficits and tensions, opening lines of communication, and boosting military deterrence.
Khanna, a member of Congress's Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, expanded on his proposals in a wide-ranging FP Live. Explaining why Beijing would go along with his plans, he said, "Xi recognizes the need to diversify the economy. It's a hard thing to do, but it is in the long-term interest of China to do that.
"Now, how do we get them to do that? I think we have to look at a carbon-adjusted tax. I think we have to be tough in our trade negotiation. China has a huge stake in having access to the American market—by definition, they have a bigger stake, because we have a massive trade deficit. But I also think it has to be coupled with the affirmation of the One China policy, because that's what China deeply cares about."
Khanna, who calls decoupling "unrealistic" and de-risking "consulting gibberish," goes on to explain why he invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of Congress despite New Delhi's poor human rights record.
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