Cardin blasts Trump's linkage of trade policy, Chinese action on North Korea

Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD) is blasting the Trump administration's linkage of U.S. trade policy toward China with action on North Korea as dangerous and beneficial only for China. Last week, the administration had planned to launch an investigation, under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, into China's alleged violation of U.S. intellectual property rights through forced technology transfers. But sources say the announcement was delayed “indefinitely” after the action was vetoed by the State...