We face an uncertain world with many geopolitical challenges, from Russia's continued brutal invasion of Ukraine to ongoing conflicts in the Middle east, to an increasingly aggressive and capable Chinese military. We know that China's built that military capability with the help of some of America's biggest corporations and even american tax dollars. For too long, our government was willfully blind to the threat China posed. Multinational corporations eager to move jobs wherever they could pay ever lower wages lobbied this body. (00:00–06:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that China's military capability has been built with the help of American corporations and tax dollars.
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