McCarthy Says China Leaders Can’t Dictate Who US Speaker Meets

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d travel to China and that the US needs to speak with one voice when it comes to Taiwan. He just met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen at the Reagan Presidential Library. He spoke to Bloomberg’s Annmarie Hordern after on “Balance of Power.”Source: Bloomberg

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By Annmarie Hordern

April 5, 2023 at 10:18 PM UTC

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April 5, 2023 at 10:33 PM UTC

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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has signaled to China that the country can’t influence who he meets with, following a Southern California get-together Wednesday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

“China cannot dictate who a speaker of the House can meet with, either foe or friend,” McCarthy told Bloomberg TV’s “Balance of Power” after the event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.