Republican Senator Marco Rubio warned that the U.S. must change course to avoid relying on China for key needs, like security and health, during his Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump.
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00:00Trump's pick for Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that China is the U.S.'s
00:06biggest threat during his Senate confirmation hearing.
00:10The Republican senator said the U.S. must change course to avoid becoming dependent
00:15on the world's second-largest economy.
00:18As Rubio promised a robust foreign policy, he also spoke about doing more to discourage
00:23Beijing from invading Taiwan.
00:27We need to wrap our head around the fact that unless something dramatic changes, like an
00:33equilibrium where they conclude that the costs of intervening in Taiwan are too high, we're
00:38going to have to deal with this before the end of this decade.
00:42Rubio, a known China hawk, is expected to win Senate confirmation as one of the Trump
00:47administration's less controversial picks.