Why Climate Agenda Puts America in ‘Chinese Handcuffs'
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🗓️ 8 May 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
China is intentionally advancing a climate agenda for its own gain, and America is allowing it to happen, according to a senior research fellow for international affairs at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center.
China has “taken advantage of the United States, because we’ve had this very driven climate agenda,” Heritage’s Erin Walsh says. (Heritage founded The Daily Signal in 2014.)
The development of solar energy, for example, began in America, and then the Chinese developed it further, and now China controls the “entire supply chain, so you can’t be involved unless you’re purchasing some goods from China to make your solar panels,” Walsh explained, adding that the same is true for wind turbines, and for batteries and electric vehicles. Right now with respect to EV batteries, "they’ve got the dominant control of the supply chain.”
The more the U.S. and other nations move toward use of wind and solar energy, and electric vehicles, the further China’s economy benefits and America’s economy and national security are put at risk, according to Walsh.
Walsh joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her work on Heritage’s new project, “Chinese Handcuffs: How China Exploits America’s Climate Agenda.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, May 8th. I'm Virginia Allen. |
| 0:10.0 | China is intentionally advancing the green energy agenda for its own purposes. |
| 0:15.9 | The Heritage Foundation has laid these purposes out in their new report |
| 0:20.6 | Chinese handcuffs, how China exploits America's climate agenda. |
| 0:26.0 | And Aaron Walsh is joining us on the show today to break this down and to explain exactly |
| 0:32.0 | how America should move forward as we contend with China for energy |
| 0:36.6 | dominance. |
| 0:37.6 | Stay tuned for my conversation with Aaron Walsh, a senior research fellow here at the Heritage Foundation after this. |
| 0:45.0 | As Conservatives, sometimes it feels like we're constantly on defense against bad ideas. |
| 0:50.1 | Bad philosophy, revisionist history, junk science, and divisive politics. |
| 0:54.3 | But here's something I've come to understand. When faced with bad ideas, it's not enough |
| 0:59.3 | to just defend. If we want to save this country, then it's time to go on offense. |
| 1:05.0 | Conservative principles are ideas that work. |
| 1:08.0 | Individual responsibility, strong local communities, and belief in the American Dream. |
| 1:13.0 | As a former college professor and current president of the Heritage Foundation, |
| 1:16.0 | my life's mission is to learn, educate, and take action. |
| 1:20.0 | My podcast, The Kevin Robert Show, |
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| 1:25.0 | I'll be diving into the critical issues that plague our nation, having deep conversations |
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| 1:37.0 | I am so pleased to welcome back to the Daily Signal Podcast today Senior Research |
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