{"id":23267,"date":"2025-10-30T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23267"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:35:56","slug":"wyden-merkley-colleagues-demand-trump-protect-u-s-national-security-in-trade-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-demand-trump-protect-u-s-national-security-in-trade-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Protect U.S. National Security in Trade Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to urge Donald Trump to protect the national security of the United States and our allies in trade negotiations with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter comes as Trump has already made significant concessions to China \u2013 highlighted in the letter \u2013 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-defends-deal-to-sell-nvidia-export-control-license-00503778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weakening<\/a> U.S. export controls on semiconductor chips, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/trump-taiwan-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barring<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s president from making a planned layover in the U.S., and offering little detail on how his administration will comply with the bipartisan TikTok law to limit Chinese Communist Party influence over the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAhead of your meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, we write to urge you not to negotiate away America and our allies\u2019 national security,\u201d <strong>escribieron los senadores.<\/strong> \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses a fundamental threat to U.S. national security, economic prosperity, and global leadership\u2026Across multiple administrations and congresses, there has been bipartisan support for tools that safeguard our national security, including export controls and investment screening mechanisms on critical technologies, as well as partnerships with trusted allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply disturbed by your recent statements and actions, which indicate that you are all too willing to sacrifice these vital national security tools for empty promises and illusory \u2018wins\u2019,\u201d <strong>escribieron los legisladores.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The senators continued by demanding that Trump:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Reject Chinese efforts to relax national security restrictions on Chinese investments in the U.S.;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protect the work of the Treasury Department\u2019s Outbound Investment Security Program, which was designed to ensure U.S. firms do not contribute to the development of sensitive technologies in countries like China;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soundly deny any efforts by President Xi to extract a formal statement that the United States \u201copposes\u201d Taiwan\u2019s independence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou have expressed confidence that you will leave South Korea this week with a \u201creally fair and really great trade deal.\u201d We urge you to understand that any deal that sacrifices America or our allies\u2019 national security is neither,\u201d<strong> concluyeron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was led by U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter was also signed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Chris Coons, D-Md., Andy Kim, D-N.J., Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, D-N.M., Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La carta completa es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Letter-to-POTUS-re-PRC-Trade-Negotiations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to urge Donald Trump to protect the national security of the United States and our allies in trade negotiations with China. 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