TIP Policy Director Geoffrey Cain joined KMZQ’s Kevin Wall Radio Show to call on U.S. companies end their love affairs with China.
Hosted by Kevin Wall
KMZQ Radio
December 22, 2023
Host Kevin Wall:
“Do you trust big tech to do the right thing?”
Geoffrey Cain:
“Big Tech has shown that it will pursue it’s own interests. It will throw America under the bus if it needs to. We need to do more to get big tech under the flag of America. The fact of the matter is if you are company founded and operating here in America, your allegiance should be to American principles, American democracy, and the American way of life. I think these private tech companies going to these overseas authoritarian regimes and trying to set up shop in China compromises them and they need to stay true to their values. They can’t work for both sides when both sides are moving apart. They have to chose their allegiance and have to chose their flag. And the authoritarian Chinese government must not be their allegiance. That is dangerous.”
Geoffrey Cain also discussed how the issue is impacting presidential campaigns
Host Kevin Wall:
“You mentioned presidential candidates, are they talking enough about China at this point?”
Geoffrey Cain:
“There has been a lot of good talk about China, the threats of China. I think we have seen more and more candidates get on with this particular topic because they are realizing more and more that China does pose a major threat and there are major US companies helping the Chinese Communist Party. So we do have a pledge that we’ve asked candidates to sign. So far Governor Ron DeSantis has been the first to sign.”
“We have been on the campaign trail, talking to campaigns, and people seem receptive. This has become an election issue, our polling shows voters are deeply concerned about this.”
You can listen to the full interview by clicking HERE, beginning at 8:29