Democratic Senators Urge Administration to Stay Tough on China

Seven Democratic senators, led by New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, sent a letter Feb. 13 to President Donald Trump telling him that only an agreement that stops China's forced tech transfer, stops discriminatory licensing, stops cybertheft and stops China from facilitating the buying of U.S. high-tech firms would be acceptable. Also signing the letter were Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Mark Warner of Virginia, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Michael Bennet of Colorado and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada. They wrote: "The only way to hold the Chinese government to its word is to lay out clear metrics by which we can judge compliance."