The former senator is “cutting out heavy work” for him, the Senate Committee on Diplomatic Relations says.
WASHINGTON – The Senate majority has approved former Georgia Sen. David Purdue as China’s US ambassador, growing tensions in bilateral trade.
The final 67-29 tally on April 29 confirmed the Trump candidate, a former Fortune 500 CEO and Chinese critic who lived in Hong Kong during his 40-year business career.
Just before the vote, Sen. James Riche (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, garnered support for Purdue.
“This is certainly one of the most important nominations and appointments you will come across on this floor,” he said in his speech that President Donald Trump praised his pick.
Riche said Purdue “cut out heavy work” for him when implementing Trump’s China policy vision, adding that the country’s control regime had done “everything can be done to infiltrate the United States.”
“They stole all the good ideas we had and used them on their devices.
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They are “communists, socialists, not considering human rights, not free markets or capitalist motivation,” he said.
The day has come to an end when it turns a blind eye to Beijing’s unfair trade practices, he said.
“The path ahead is for the US to be informed about it and stand up to the channel,” he said.
