Congress is major hurdle to Joe Biden’s reset on China relations
- The biggest obstacle Biden and his team face trying to de-escalate tensions with China is Congress, according to senior managers at US tech firms
- Making any real policy changes will be difficult until at least after November 2022 when political parties no longer focus on China to discredit each other
While not unexpected, the reaction from the likes of Rubio and Cotton signal what is likely to become the biggest obstacle that Biden and his team will face as they try to de-escalate tensions with China, according to senior managers at US tech firms based on recent conversations with various federal agency officials.
Making any real policy changes will be difficult until at least after November 2022 when political parties no longer focus on China to discredit each other to win seats in the midterm elections for Congress.
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“Right now, in order to win political points, the atmosphere in Congress is actually worse for China, thus worse for Huawei in particular,” said a senior manager at a US tech supplier, who asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the topic.
“Lawmakers are not spending time learning much about Chinese companies. They are just using companies like Huawei as an example of what they see is a larger China problem.
