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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is behind a new proposal to have the White House create a  Global Economic Security Strategy.

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Marco Rubio Wants White House to Create Global Economic Security Strategy

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is behind a new proposal to have the White House create a  Global Economic Security Strategy.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is behind a new proposal to have the White House create a  Global Economic Security Strategy.

Last week, U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., brought back the “Global Economic Security Strategy Act,” which supporters define as a proposal to “require the administration to regularly produce and submit to Congress a Global Economic Security Strategy” which has the backing of Rubio, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oreg. All four of those senators sit on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

“Based on the belief that global stability and the national security of the U.S. depends in large part on a vibrant, growing, and secure economy, the legislation seeks to ensure the U.S. responds in the most effective manner possible to international predatory economic practices,” Rubio’s office noted on Tuesday.

“Predatory economic practices by China and other strategic competitors has the potential to weaken America’s national security and our standing in the world. We must combat these predatory practices by working together with our like-minded partners and allies around the globe,” Young said. “This bipartisan legislation would help ensure that our different government agencies work together and with partners around the world to create coordinated policies to promote and protect our economic security.”

“For the first time in almost three decades, the United States is confronted with a near-peer competitor on the global stage in China,” Rubio said. “The Chinese Communist Party is undertaking a patient effort to reorient the global order to reflect their values and their interests at the expense of ours, including using subsidies and protectionism to build up their capabilities in various key industries while destroying American competitors. This bipartisan legislation recognizes the importance of combatting the threat China poses to U.S. national and economic security by upholding the U.S.-led global order.”

“For decades, the global race to the bottom in labor and environmental standards has left fewer and fewer reliable, living-wage manufacturing jobs for America’s working families,” Merkley said. “This bipartisan bill would help ensure that America has a plan in place to respond to other countries’ predatory economic strategies, so we can ensure a level playing field and help working families thrive for generations to come.”

“A strong U.S. economy is vital to the prosperity and security of the American people. I am proud to cosponsor this bipartisan legislation which requires the administration to develop a national economic security strategy,” Coons said. “This bill will ensure that the current and future administrations continue to foster free and fair economic relationships, U.S. industry and innovation, and environmental stewardship. It will also reduce threats to our nation’s economy and promote fair competition for American workers and families.”

The bill was sent to the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. So far, there is no companion bill over in the U.S. House.

 

Reach Kevin Derby at [email protected].

 

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