China Archives - Senator Steve Daines

Daines Talks U.S.-China Relations at Nixon Foundation’s Grand Strategy Summit

October 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at the Nixon Foundation’s 2026 Grand Strategy Summit, where he laid out a vision for the future of U.S.-China relations. Watch Daines’ full remarks HERE. Daines on his background working in China: [My history with] China began back in 1991. I was a chemical engineer by degree, and I began work for Procter & Gamble in management…I spent seven years managing operations in the United States, and I got a call one day from our senior executive team that asked if we might be willing to go over to China 1991 to launch our

Daines Reacts to Historic Trump-Xi Summit at the White House Ahead of Attending State Dinner

September 24, 2026

Joins Fox News, Bloomberg TV, and Fox News Rundown WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with national media to discuss President Xi Jinping’s historic visit to the White House. Watch the full interview with Martha MacCallum on Fox News HERE. Daines on outcomes of Trump-Xi summit: I think it’s important to frame the bigger picture. These are the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, the two largest militaries in the world, the United States and China. And on technology, the two leading countries in terms of AI frontier models, it’s the United

Daines on Fox News: “We Need to Be Gold Medalists in the AI Race”

September 15, 2026

“The complexity of AI far exceeds the capacity of the government to understand and regulate it” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Harris Faulkner on Fox News to discuss the latest on artificial intelligence policy and the race against China. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on the AI race versus China: Well, I just returned from China a couple of weeks ago. I was in Hangzhou, the city larger than New York City. It’s the home of many of the high-tech companies that are some of the best and brightest of China, including DeepSeek, an AI company. Let’s

Daines Reacts to Trump’s Historic China Visit: A Great Moment for America

May 15, 2026

Joins Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Fox News, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV to react to President Trump’s historic trip to China as well as latest updates in Iran. Read highlights below. Daines on Fox and Friends I could not be prouder of President Trump. And what I just heard, I’m watching this live feed that you’re watching as well. I never thought I’d live to see the day when President Xi Jinping said, Make America Great Again. This is a great moment. I was just in that great hall literally a week

Daines Previews President Trump’s Historic China Visit on CNBC

May 13, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss President Trump’s historic visit to China. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on his trip to China last week: I arrived back to the United States late Friday night, but I was in Shanghai for a couple of days and then went to Beijing on that high-speed train. I had four other U.S. senators with me. It was a bipartisan delegation. We spent Thursday of last week with high-level meetings. We met the Premier, Li Qiang. We met the Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, as well as the MPC

Readout of Daines’ Congressional Delegation Trip to China

May 7, 2026

U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) today conducted three official meetings in Beijing with Premier of China Li Qiang, Chairman of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji, and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The bipartisan delegation discussed the importance of direct and open communication between the leadership of the two countries as well as issues of international and local importance. Topics of discussion included cooperation to stop the flow of fentanyl precursors, Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, and supply chain

Daines on CNN: The President was Very Clear: We Must Prevent the Largest Tax Increase in American History

June 5, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined CNN to discuss how crucial it is to pass the Big Beautiful Bill. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines emphasized the need to prevent the largest tax increase in America’s history: The President was very clear that we simply must prevent the largest tax increase in American history, which is coming if Congress does not act. Number two, I think really the growth issues. What can we do to grow the economy? Because when we grow the economy wages increase, and we’ve also got the issue of Chinese competition. There are provisions in

Daines on Fox Business: Failure Is Not An Option. We Must Pass the Big Beautiful Bill

June 4, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the status of the Big Beautiful Bill, Ukraine’s latest drone strikes on Russia, and the threat of Chinese agroterrorism to the United States. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines explained how Ukraine’s shifting fighting tactics are a gamechanger: Well, it’s completely changed the dynamic of the situation because the Russians understand one thing and that’s force. But it’s remarkable what the Ukrainians pulled off. You think about these drones, each of them cost $500 to $5,000, and these drone attacks destroyed $7 billion worth of Russian aircraft. Now these are

Daines, Rubio Discuss Advancing U.S. Interests in Europe and Central Asia

May 20, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The two discussed the importance of reducing European dependence on Russian energy, as well as the strategic importance of Central Asian countries to the United States. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines highlighted the need to reduce energy dependency on Russia: Daines: Secretary Rubio, it’s great to see you here today. Very proud of what you’re doing in your role. Grateful to call you a friend and to watch what you’re doing now around the world with working on the President’s agenda.

Daines on Fox Business: President Trump is Leading in the Middle East

May 13, 2025

“Strength Produces Peace. Strength Produces Results.” U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business today to discuss President Trump’s trip to the Middle East as well as his trade talks with China and the recent release of American hostage Edan Alexander. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines recapped his own trip to Saudi Arabia and praised Trump’s peace through strength approach: I was in Saudi just a couple of weeks ago. Saudi Arabia is one of the most important players in the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia seeks to move from just a regional power to being a

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