From Washington: Senate Examines Economic Relationship With China

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🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Senate voted this week to repeal the solar panel tariff suspension against China, as more lawmakers have found common ground on combatting the economic threat of the Chinese Communist Party. President Biden is expected to veto the Senate vote, as the administration continues to seek alternatives for fossil fuels. Former United States Ambassador to the Netherlands Peter Hoekstra joins to discuss the danger of allowing Chinese companies access to manufacture goods in the United States, how the solar panel tariff suspension impacts the United States’ energy goals, and the importance of using economic deterrence against Chinese aggression in the South Pacific. Senators are divided following Tuesday's Judiciary Committee hearing after they tried to determine whether or not the Supreme Court should adopt a binding code of ethics. Some are calling it "political theater" and others feel it's necessary after several justices failed to disclose that they received financial benefits. All nine justices oppose the reform, in an effort to separate politics from the high court. FOX News legal analyst Jonathan Turley joins to discuss the allegations surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas, the motives behind the senators’ decisions to impose a code of ethics, and what reform means for the future of the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, May 7, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal. It may appear very few things bring the political
0:10.7	parties together, but when it comes to China, some U.S. lawmakers are working to cross party
0:15.8	lines.
0:16.8	Bottom line, China is cheating on international trade agreements. They're cheating on the
0:22.6	Paris Climate Accord, all to benefit their ability to compete with us economically.
0:28.0	I'm Ryan Schmelz. Some members of Congress want the Supreme Court to pass the gavel when
0:33.8	it comes to setting rules they need to follow, but some are yelling, I object. As one Supreme
0:39.7	Court justices' luxury vacations are putting the highest court on the stand, we take a
0:44.7	look at those ethics and if change is possible.
0:47.9	In terms of the suggestion of coming up with a code of judicial ethics that applies
0:52.7	as a Supreme Court, it gets really complex.
0:56.7	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:09.4	This week, China was again on lawmakers minds and nine Democrats in the Senate joined Republicans
1:15.1	to end President Biden's suspension of tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports. Ohio Democratic
1:21.5	Senator Sherrod Brown said on the Senate floor,
1:23.5	This vote presents a pretty simple choice. Do you stand with American manufacturers and
1:29.0	American workers or do you stand with China and do you stand with our continuing to lose
1:36.8	our industrial base?
1:38.1	The House passed it earlier with 12 Democrats joining Republicans, not huge bipartisan
1:42.8	support, but enough to get the bill passed. The president is expected to veto it, believing
1:47.7	that a temporary suspension on solar panel tariffs for China will help us build up our
1:52.4	clean energy sector until we're sufficiently up and running on our own.
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