Power Balance in the US Congress and its impact on Washington-Beijing relationship.
The new year for the Republicans of the US Congress coincided with the presidency of the House of Representatives of this country. The presidency, which is the key to the victory of the Republicans in the congressional mid-term elections in November, was taken out of the hands of the Democrats and given to the Republicans.
Of course, this was the beginning of the story, and now the Republicans had to find a solution to their party conflicts after leaving behind their Democratic rivals, because they seem to have reached an impasse over the election of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives and have been at a standstill for a long time on this issue. They were involved in internal conflicts.
Republicans pioneered the new Cold War against China
After many arguments and the selection of “Kevin McCarthy” as the successor of “Nancy Pelosi”, now the Republicans say that they are preparing to create a new committee in the Congress to focus especially on China, through which this country’s competition with Beijing intensify Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin, is the Republicans’ choice to lead the Anti-China Committee and promises to make the United States win the new Cold War against China.
Undoubtedly, in order to stand powerfully against China, the Americans must overcome their internal differences in the first step, so that there is hope for a serious confrontation against China. Of course, in the meantime, due to some parameters, including the not so decisive majority of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, the limited focus on China and the not so strong position of Kevin McCarthy, the new speaker of the US House of Representatives, we should expect new problems in US-China relations. had the
Although the relations between Joe Biden’s government and China have never been friendly, and this is probably one of the few areas agreed upon by the two Republican and Democratic parties, but since the Republicans are determined to take advantage of the opportunity to preside over the House of Representatives and advance implement their plans, probably the upcoming developments in this field will be more unpredictable than before.
There is no doubt that the Republicans are watching for an opportunity to strike at the Democratic President of the United States. Whenever the American political environment becomes polarized due to the division of government and congressional seats between Democrats and Republicans, the efforts of the party that has a short hand from the White House to hit the president from the rival party will reach its peak. and these days the American political atmosphere increasingly has such a potential. Therefore, when the House of Representatives is controlled by a China that is not the same party as the President of the United States, attempts to disrupt, weaken, obstruct, and humiliate the White House become common issues.