US is ‘Ceding the Indo-Pacific to China’: Rep. Wagner

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve coronavirus pandemic response on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2021 in Washington. Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images

The United States’ allies in southeast Asia fear that the U.S. is needlessly ceding its power and influence in the region to the Chinese Communist Party, according to one co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

“One fear I have heard time and again from southeast Asian leaders is that the United States is ceding the Indo-Pacific to China,” said Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.).