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John Cornyn: “As of 2020, a total of US investments in Chinese companies…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 08:07

… into China in technology that could later be used to kill American Marines or American soldiers in a future conflict in the Indo Pacific. Some estimates show that as many As of 2020, a total of US investments in Chinese companies totaled $2.3 trillion. Now, that's a lot of money. And if it wasn't available to the Chinese economy and Chinese manufacturing, it would make it harder for them to compete against US. (08:07–08:15)

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Asserts that US investments in Chinese companies totaled $2.3 trillion as of 2020.

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