WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement after Communist China requested another round of trade talks with the United States.

Senator Rick Scott said, “While it’s positive the United States is working towards a deal that would require Communist China to buy more U.S. agriculture products, let’s remember – Communist China never lives up to the bargain. Communist China is stealing our technology and refuses to open their markets to foreign goods as required by their agreement to be part of the WTO. They are militarizing the South China Sea, even after they promised President Obama they wouldn’t, and breaking the agreement to give Hong Kong autonomy and freedom. Communist China is attacking religious freedom by detaining possibly more than one million Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority group in China, in internment and re-education camps. Earlier this year, Communist China agreed to buy more U.S. soy beans, but we haven’t seen that happen. They agreed to buy agriculture products earlier this year and didn’t do it, so why should we believe them now?”

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