Biden to push for united front to take on China: Senator Coons

In an interview with Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block, Delaware Senator Chris Coons says China has become more aggressive internationally and has “coloured outside the lines of the international system for far too long.” He tells Mercedes he believes U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will pull together allies and partners to develop a coordinated strategy on China. On the detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in China, he says, “If it were up to me, I would be pressing harder on the Chinese to release these two Canadians.”

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