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David McCormick: “I had been really calling out since 2005 when I was in the…”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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I was the CEO, so whatever we did, I'm responsible for. But our dispute or our disagreement was about the direction of China and this divergence which I had been really calling out since 2005 when I was in the government. I had written articles on it. I had described the technology, thievery and all that. But it became much more acute in 2014 with the rise of President Xi. And so I started writing articles in 2017, 18, 19, saying this is a growing concern … (17:47–17:56)

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Asserts that he has been warning about China's technology theft since 2005.

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