Sentences with phrase «china trade hawks»

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By week's end, even US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, one of the administration's fiercest China hawks, seemed to be taking a more dovish line.

Mr. Trump's announcement was welcomed by a leading Democratic trade hawk in the Senate, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who said the tariffs were a first step toward a comprehensive response to China that should also include increased screening of foreign investment in the United States to ensure it does not hurt American jobs.

The US delegation to China, which consists of both hawks and moderates on trade issues, is likely to seek a balanced outcome on bilateral trade issues with China rather than taking the predicted adversarial approach, said Chinese experts.

However, policy hawks within the administration, namely Peter Navarro and Robert Lighthizer, are unlikely to be satisfied by these changes around the edges, and are likely to be pushing for a much broader and revolutionary change to the U.S. - China trade relationship.

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