Former vice president Joe Biden on Wednesday dismissed the notion that the United States should be worried about China as a geopolitical competitor, prompting criticism from some congressional Republicans who argued that Biden is underestimating the world’s second-largest economy. Biden on China: “They’re not competition for us”I was just at a manufacturing plant that is being threatened by China’s corrupt trade practices. “They can’t figure out how they’re going to deal with the corruption that exists within the system,” Biden said of China. They’re not competition for us.”His comments drew a swift rebuke from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee. “If Republicans are so scared of Joe Biden that they want to take the other side of that bet to try and score political points, then they’re welcome to it.”

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 00:15 UTC