DUCKWORTH AT CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: "BY PRAISING XI, TRUMP IS LEAVING AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND OUR INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERS BEHIND"

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Just two days ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping at the White House, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) outlined the stakes of this Trump-Xi summit and the impact it will have on our national security, our economy and our partners in the Indo-Pacific region. At the Center for American Progress (CAP), Duckworth shared her firsthand takeaways from her official trips this year to Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore where top government, defense and economic leaders told her how Trump's reckless trade wars and defense policies are hurting them, leaving them feel...