corporate america and such as apple command is apple and as nike, and is tiktok and i think mean for sake is the mba we should never lose sight of the fact that in a broader context, that you know i was not just doctor they told dr. anthony fauci that was telling us things untrue china line to us from the get-go and we really need somebody like president trump it took it to china and stood up to them and so the weakness we now see from this administration. brian: and reveal exactly working to your advantage in the oversight committee come about when you ask him plus, whatever china wanted to do, will you do as you have been doing it at the request, and all the time since he has been in charge, kenny is a, yes, i have to because only $74 billion a year from them. jim: know we did not get into the particulars like that but i do have this as i said before, i think the big concern here is with what we know that china has
maria: well, tim cook wasn t having it because apple generated $74 billion in revenue for the last fiscal year in china. the company signed a 5-year contract with chinese officials to help the ccp build up its own technology while apple continues its big business in china. joining me right now is the former secretary of state, fox news contributor, mike pompeo. secretary, it s good to see you. you did such a good job pushing off the ccp bad behavior. what s your reaction to apple and all these other companies that are enabling communist china and, in fact, indirectly funding its expansion? well, good morning, maria. first, it s incredibly hypocritical, right? georgia passes a law, every big tech comes down on them, and the chinese communist party imprisons a million people in interment camps, and apple grows their business there, so that s bad. it s even worse because this impacts americans right here at home. if these tech companies won t
having it because apple generated $74 billion in revenue for the last fiscal year in china. the company signed a 5-year contract with chinese officials to help the ccp build up its own technology while apple continues its big business in china. joining me right now is the former secretary of state, fox news contributor, mike pompeo. secretary, it s good to see you. you did such a good job pushing off the ccp bad behavior. what s your reaction to apple and all these other companies that are enabling communist china and, in fact, indirectly funding its expansion? well, good morning, maria. first, it s incredibly hypocritical, right? georgia passes a law, every big tech comes down on them, and the chinese communist party imprisons a million people in interment camps, and apple grows their business there, so that s bad. it s even worse because this impacts americans right here at home. if these tech companies won t fix it, if they re going to
in 201940 44% to 47% of all their production done there. now down in 2021 down to 36%. did i not know this but nike and adidas have pulled out all of their manufacturing and brought it into vietnam. they do make $74 billion last fiscal year from china. that s where they have leverage. i just give them credit and maybe just practical to say we can t trust what s going on in this country anymore. and believe it or not, i never thought we would get to a place if it was 1957, here we are in 2022 saying vietnam is the best ally in the region. pete: that s a good thing. i m heartened to hear that because tim cook can t, right now, as it presently stands answer questions because they will be translated into chinese and that becomes a problem when the leadership there hears him criticize. brian: twitter is not allowed. they go around it. twitter is not allowed in china right now. the one thing i have not heard elon musk criticize china because most of tesla is made there see if he does d
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