White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said today that President Biden‘s foreign policy is a middle-class foreign policy that gives the middle class a better Life, and to do so must address the Communist Party’s trade bullying of American jobs and labor.
Jake Sullivan appeared at a regular White House press conference today to preview the outline of Joe Biden’s afternoon speech at the State Department. He said Biden chose the State Department as the first stop for his foreign policy address because he wanted to send a clear message that the U.S. national security strategy would put diplomacy first.
Sullivan noted that Biden wants to build a strong U.S. presence to meet the threats faced by powerful nations and transnational competition and the American people. Establishing this advantage will require domestic investments to shore up the U.S. foundation, revitalize U.S. alliances, re-engage with key institutions and agreements, reaffirm U.S. values, and get the U.S. global military posture right.
Once established, he went on to say, it would allow for more effective competition with competitors, particularly China, in all areas of economics, diplomacy, technology, and security. It will also be more effective in confronting Russia and more capable of responding to threats such as climate change, pandemics and nuclear proliferation. The United States could also pursue a more effective middle-class foreign policy.
Sullivan explained that U.S. foreign policy and national security will be measured against basic indicators of a better, safer, and easier life for working families. This means taking a different trade policy path. Securing the world is not about cross-border investment; it is about creating jobs and raising wages in the United States.
The priority, he said, is not to get Goldman Sachs into China, but to address the Chinese Communist Party‘s trade bullying that hurts American jobs and American workers. Whether it is dumping, subsidies, intellectual property plagiarism, or currency manipulation, the focus of efforts in the trade arena will be on U.S. labor, and national security as national competitiveness and investment in industry and innovation.
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