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Mike Johnson: “China... they're trying to build an empire again. And…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Full interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson at RNC Politico.

Published | Video Starts at 11:08

There'll be a lot of thoughtful discussion about trade policy, tariff policy, and all the rest. There's a lot of interest in it. Obviously, we have to take a hard stand against China... they're trying to build an empire again. And they're being very aggressive and provocative, and they're working in our own hemisphere to undermine us. And trade policy is a big part of that. So there'll be lots of thoughtful discussion. But, I mean, he's not put out an economic agenda yet. He's talking about broad ideas. (11:08–34:57)

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Asserts that China is aggressively trying to expand its influence and undermine the U.S.

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