Nebraska GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts roasts Biden official for calling China 'competitor'
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Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts chastised a Biden State Department official who said China was a "competitor" to the United States instead of calling it an "adversary."
The Nebraska Republican rebuked Fernandez after he called China a "competitor" to the U.S. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
"The people's Republic of China is a formidable competitor, and is a prolific user of economic coercion," Fernandez said in his opening remarks. "Xi Jinping's ambitions are clear: As he stated in 2020, Beijing seeks to manipulate global supply chains, make other nations dependent on the PRC and use that dependency to exert leverage over them."
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