Epoch Times - Behind Beijing’s Trade Talks Strategy | Chairman John Moolenaar, House CCP Select Committee
Aired: 2025-10-23
Duration: 01:16


=== Strategic Leverage Play (01:15) ===

[00:00:00]  I think they are putting every bit of leverage on the table so that in a negotiation they can in some way relent in a small way and still keep their negotiated gains in the negotiations.
[00:00:13]  So I do think there's a strategic aspect.
[00:00:15]  So you see that with critical minerals.
[00:00:17]  You see it with the religious persecution.
[00:00:21]  You see it with other export controls.
[00:00:24]  them denying NVIDIA H-20 chips.
[00:00:30]  So they're setting up this negotiation line.
[00:00:34]  I'm watching them refusing to buy soybeans right now.
[00:00:39]  You know going to that agreement that one of their tactics will be, well, we'll buy a certain amount of American soybeans.
[00:00:46]  Aren't we being cooperative?
[00:00:49]  When they set up the entire problem to begin with, they're going to do that on rare earths.
[00:00:55]  They're going to do that on other issues.
[00:00:58]  They may release some political prisoners, all with the idea of see how reasonable we are.
[00:01:08]  I believe America needs to really stand with a firm resolve at this time and say that's not acceptable.