Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants President Trump to be tougher on China after the latter defended his decision not to call the China a “currency manipulator.”
“You have it backwards,” the top Democrat told Trump via Twitter on Sunday after the president tweeted that he would not label China a “currency manipulator” when they’re “working with us on the North Korean problem.”
“If you’re tough on China on trade it’d help American workers & they’d be more willing to help with North Korea,” Schumer continued.
You have it backwards. If you’re tough on China on trade it’d help American workers & they’d be more willing to help with North Korea. https://t.co/BFWBN08iV0
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 16, 2017
Trump offered the brief explanation days after he told the Wall Street Journal he would not officially label the country as such because it would hurt negotiations between the U.S. and China over North Korea.
After that interview, Schumer said Trump is giving China “a green light to steal our jobs and wealth time and time again.”
“The best way to get China to cooperate with North Korea, is to be tough on them with trade, which is the number one thing China’s government cares about,” Schumer said.
