Kinzinger: We Need Clarity from Trump on ZTE, We Must Stand up to Chinese Espionage

‘Maybe that’s just the president wants to have a great relationship with the president of China, which is good’

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CUOMO: "Well, look, it’s tough, though, right?"
KINZINGER: "Yes."
CUOMO: "Because if you're going to do that, North Korea, yes they have more munitions. But then you have Iran. You have Pakistan that already has nukes. The United States is hedging back on aid to Pakistan, because it's not dealing with terror groups well. But that only creates more financial pressure on them to do something with their nukes and maybe ship one to somebody else like Saudi Arabia. So this gets very complex. So we need friends. China is a 'friend' with quotes around it, when it comes to this. Do you believe that the need for Chinese involvement that is sympathetic to the american initiatives here, is the reason why we are seeing this otherwise surprising softening from the president on Chinese Telecom ZTE?"
KINZINEGR: "Yeah, I certainly hope not. We need to have a relationship with China obviously on the long term. We need to have a relationship with China when it comes to North Korea. But we also have to understand, China is an adversary, and I think the long term they're actually our biggest adversary and -- whether that's economic or military. The concern is not really economic mismanagement as all these other Chinese companies have done. It's actually an espionage issue. I was actually pretty concerned and a little blown away when the president made a statement about it. I hope there is more clarification to come. Because we have got to stand up against this Chinese espionage."

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