Trump’s Chinese endurance affects Congress, legislators are moving to protect the American country
First on the fox: MPs on both sides of the passage gather to break up Chinese supported Ownership of land in continental USA
Comes as Trump’s administration appears on a packed trade war with Beijing, as China promises revenge on what his foreign minister called “arbitrary” Washington tariffs.
“It is in the interest of the United States to review the purchase of US agricultural land by foreign entities to protect our farms and agricultural production from our foreign opponents, especially China,” Ambassador Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Republican Republican, told Fox News Digital.
“But too long, our government has repeatedly failed to enforce books on books, to monitor the foreign purchase of our agricultural land, or to evaluate financial penalties for those who violate our laws.”
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President Donald Trump, left and Chinese President XI Jinping. (Getty)
The proposal of the law is also led by Ambassador Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., And in the upper chamber, Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.
This would direct the Committee on foreign investments in the United States, the body in charge of the analysis of the implication of national security of specific foreign investments in the United States, to inspect any purchase of US agricultural land by a foreign subject exceeding $ 320 or $ 5 million.
The proposal of the Law is also aimed at establishing a public database on foreign ownership of the US agricultural land through the US Ministry of Agriculture (USDA), and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to partner with a secret for internal security at the annual report on the evaluation of the foreign ownership of US agricultural land.
“Allowing China or other foreign competitors to buy large parts of American agricultural land is at risk of our national safety and food supply,” McDonald Rivet told Fox News Digital. “This account is a key step towards protecting American interests from falling into bad actors abroad, especially China.”
Northrop Grumman facility at the Grand Forks Air Force Base near Grand Forks, North Dakota. Plans for a Chinese company to buy nearby land were blocked. (Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ernst blamed the “outdated system” of the US government to allow “Chinese malignant influence to threaten our security by buying the country of our country.”
“I draw a sand line to process this wrong way of working, increasing reporting and transparency, strengthening supervision of the influence of our foreign opponents and forced the sale of foreign ownership countries,” Ernst said.
No foreign state has directly possessed by US land, but companies supporting Chinese own a small part of US agricultural land-which has increased significantly in recent years.
Plan 2023 by Chinese Fufeng Group to buy land near the sensitive military base in Grand Forks, North Dakota, alarmed legislators and other federal officials, and was blocked for the care of national security.
The ownership of Chinese subjects over US agricultural land increased 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to a report 2021.
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In the meantime, China recently warned that she was ready for war due to the export of taxes with the US after the president Donald Trump collected an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods just days after returning for his second term.
“If the war is what they want now Tariff warTrade war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight to the end, “the Chinese embassy announced on X.
Companies supporting Chinese currently own 384,000 hectares of US agricultural land, according to the latest government data.
