BEIJING – Outgoing U. S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said Republicans will cross over into their local Iowa after returning home next month.
Branstad also told Phoenix TV in Hong Kong that the “phase one” industry agreement between China and the United States will be the greatest achievement of its 3 years in China.
Branstad, 73, said he would paint on behalf of President Donald Trump, Senator Joni Ernst and others, but in an official role.
“My son is very concerned about the (Trump) campaign and I will volunteer for him, for Joni Ernst and other friends for the Iowa election. But I’ll be strictly voluntary,” Branstad said in a report broadcast through the station on Thursday.
Ernst, the state’s junior senator, is caught up in a tight race, and Democrats hope to capture their seat in the overthrow of the Senate.
As governor of Iowa, Branstad was one of Trump’s earliest supporters and was the top envoy to China in the most stormy era in relations since the status quo of diplomatic relations in 1979.
Branstad served as governor of the main agricultural state for 22 years in two terms, from 1983 to 1999 and from 2011 to 2017. Early in his first term, he met with Xi Jinping, now China’s leader, when the then communist party leader visited Iowa. industry in 1985.
The “phase one” industrial agreement reached between the United States and China in January amid the ongoing tariff war between the parties represented a truce but failed to deal with the maximum basic judicial cases of the US side.
However, Branstad said he thought that, in the end, it was in the interest of both sides to stand by him.
“It is a long and complicated process,” Branstad said. “They have worked long and hard to be successful in an agreement that I believe is fair and reciprocal. And that will make a difference for our countries. “
Branstad is leaving at a time of intense tensions between taiwan’s sides, China’s claims about the South China Sea, the coronavirus pandemic, and allegations of espionage and theft of generations. In July, the United States ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, calling it a “malicious activity center. “China retaliated by ordering the closure of the U. S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu.
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