Trade adviser Navarro, former UN envoy Craft also on list. Trump officials may view sanctions as badge of honor
The White House called last-minute Chinese sanctions on former Trump administration officials “unproductive,” saying they were an effort to sow partisan rancor as Joe Biden takes office.
“Imposing these sanctions on Inauguration Day is seemingly an attempt to play to partisan divides,” a National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement late Wednesday. “Americans of both parties should criticize this unproductive and cynical move. President Biden looks forward to working with leaders in both parties to position America to out-compete China.”
Beijing sanctioned former U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump officials just as Biden was being inaugurated, hitting back at the outgoing team while leaving open the possibility of warmer ties with their successors.
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