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    Biden Vs. Biden On China

    In the early 2000s, Joe Biden helped bring China and America closer. Now, not so much.
    by Greg Rosalsky Nov 24, 2020 4 minutes
    Then-Sen. Joe Biden, in August 2001, on his first trip to China as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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    In 2000, then-Sen. Joe Biden joined with and the Clinton administration in normalizing trade relations with China. It was a crucial step in allowing China to join the World Trade Organization. Labor unions like the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers hated this and mounted a . They feared that lowering trade barriers with China would flood the U.S. with cheap Chinese products and kill jobs. But Biden and others argued that it would promote economic growth and peace and help convince China to play by

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