Apple and other U.S. companies are under pressure to answer for Chinas repression, key Biden ally says
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Apple, Cisco and other U.S. companies with deep ties to China are under increasing pressure to address Beijings "repression of human rights and democracy," one of President Joe Bidens key allies in the Senate said Thursday on CNBCs "Squawk Box." The comments from Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., came two days after his chamber passed a bipartisan bill to boost U.S. competitiveness with China. While U.S. business ties now are far more robust with China than they were with the USSR, Coons said there is "some gradual distancing" taking place between the two economic superpowers. Coons, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also made the case that Chinese conduct in its own country and around the world is growing increasingly hard to ignore. Coons also noted that both the Biden and Trump administrations called Chinas treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province a genocide.
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