Senior US Security Adviser Slams EU-China Investment Deal: Report

Senior US Security Adviser Slams EU-China Investment Deal: Report
United States Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 11, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Mary Clark
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The White House deputy national security adviser has reportedly slammed a major business investment deal that was made “in principle” between the EU and China on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Matthew Pottinger said that the deal, made despite China’s “grotesque human rights abuses,” has shocked American politicians on both sides of the aisle at a time when a new U.S. presidential administration is imminent, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an international group of lawmakers focused on combating threats posed by the Chinese regime.