DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton appeared on Fox Business Thursday and called for significant cutbacks in the economic privileges currently extended to China, including stripping it of its “Most Favored Nation” status.
During an appearance on “Kudlow,” Cotton said there is an urgent need for the U.S. to reassess its approach toward China’s strategic economic maneuvers. He outlined what he said are the various strategies China employs to infiltrate the Western Hemisphere, including its efforts to establish influence near the Panama Canal and ventures into Greenland and the Arctic Circle.
“China is waging an economic world war, primarily against the United States, and China is preparing for war. Part of that has been the inroads they’ve been trying to make into the Western Hemisphere by having Chinese-influenced or…