Shaheen, Coons, Ricketts, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Highlighting Chinese Threat to America’s Strategic Interests

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led a resolution affirming bipartisan concern over the growing threats China poses to America's national security and economic prosperity at a pivotal moment for U.S.-Chinese relations. The resolution calls for a continued and steady focus on strengthening deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, protecting American workers and businesses from unfair economic practices, maintaining leadership in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, supporting allies and partners, preserving peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and advancing human rights and democratic values.

"In the run-up to next month's U.S.-China summit, the United States Senate is sending a clear message: remember who Xi Jinping and the PRC are," said Senator Coons. "Beijing is trying to create a more aggressive, coercive, and lawless international landscape that harms the American people, and the United States cannot give away the store in negotiations in exchange for fig leaves. We must stand with our allies and partners and work with every tool of the U.S. government to combat these aggressive practices."

"Communist China is the greatest threat to the American way of life," said Senator Ricketts. "Communist China actively threatens the rules-based system that has maintained peace and prosperity for over 80 years. We must deter Communist China. We must stand with our partner and allies that Beijing threatens."

In addition to Senators Shaheen, Coons and Ricketts, the resolution is cosponsored Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bernie Moreno (R-OH, Patty Murray (D-WA), John Curtis (R-UT), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jim Banks (R-IN), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Todd Young (R-IN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS).

The resolution states that the United States should address the security, economic, technological, diplomatic and strategic threats posed by China as a top foreign policy priority. It also calls for the United States to:

1. Sustain and strengthen deterrence against China in the Indo-Pacific;
2. Protect U.S. economic interests against predatory trade practices;
3. Maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other foundational technologies;
4. Reaffirm U.S. commitments to allies, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the Philippines;
5. Preserve peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait;
6. Strengthen support for partners facing military, economic, and gray-zone coercion;
7. Counter China's influence in multilateral organizations and standards-setting bodies; and
8. Advance democratic norms, human rights, openness, and civil society in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

A copy of the resolution is available here.

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