“Blizzard shows it is willing to humiliate itself to please the Chinese Communist Party,” - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
“Recognize what’s happening here. People who don’t live in China must either self censor or face dismissal & suspensions,” - Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
It seems we have, in China, finally found a common enemy that both sides of the aisle can agree on condemning. The question is what actual action will be taken at the Federal level against Chinese strong-arming of US companies. To date, the tariffs have often met with opposition by most Democrats and I'm not aware of much else in the way of things done by the US government that might actually hurt China enough to rethink these kinds of actions.
Yep. Many democrats are unfortunately criticizing the tariffs just because of Trump, without actually thinking them through. However, I have read that Elizabeth Warren could be even tougher on China than Trump is being, so that's something.
Ideally all trade with China would cease - and bulk manufacturing would be moved either domestically or to allied countries outside china's sphere of influence. This reduces risk of supply-chain attacks and improves self sufficiency.