Baucus Says He Would Press China Over Trade, Human Rights

Senator Max Baucus, nominated to become U.S. ambassador to China, told lawmakers he would place top priority on boosting trade while also pressing that nation over computer breaches and crackdowns on dissidents.

“The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world,” Baucus, a Montana Democrat, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today at his confirmation hearing. “It will shape global affairs for generations to come. We must get it right.”