from both sides of the aisle reacted to the visit. two-seat secretary yelena bowing down repeatedly in china, it is embarrassing it s emblematic of this administration requested to most powerful nations in the world have to communicate to avoid unnecessary escalation at. nobody in the united states wants to see it an unnecessary military skirmish with china. eric, this is what s senator barrasso. sanitary yelena bowing repeatedly critics accessibly does not look like the courtesy was reciprocated by her chinese comments counterpart senior treasury official told reporters candidly while flying back from china there are no specific policy breakthroughs in the visit. this is a follow-up of course is a recent visit by secretary of state which also had no breakthroughs instead it establish what the official called a quote floor in the relationship reestablishing contact meeting to new economic team and hearing from them but kobe does not discuss we did not
for the very latest on all of this, lucas is standing by. the investigation into this cocaine caper continues here as the president heads to europe. the treasury secretary is returning from china. earlier on fox news sunday john said the following. is secretary yellen bowing down repeatedly in china? it is embarrassing and emblematic. these are the people stealing our trade secrets, buying up our farmland. this foreign policy, it is a national desert national security disaster. critics say excessively it does not look like the courtesy was reciprocated. a senior treasury official tells reporters candidly while flying back to the u.s. no specific
into the hands of communist china. never again can we allow ourselves as a nation to be dependent upon them for any anything. i just see secretary yellen there bowing down repeatedly in china is embarrassing it s emblematic of this administration. this is what senator was referring to, secretary yellen bowing repeatedly as you see here does not look like the courtesy was reciprocated by our chinese communist counterpart though the senior treasury official tells reporters candidly while flying back to the united states there were no specific policy breakers in the visit. this was a follow-up to the recent visit by secretary of state which also had no breakthroughs. instead the west establish the official called a floor and the relation relationship and it made an economic team and hearing from them in beijing. now here at the white house the investigation continues into who brought cocaine to the west wing. some people want to see the entire white house staff drug
to keep doing business with the status quo that sees up to $600 billion in intellectual property and other theft each year by china. in today s world, i think it is also important for entrepreneurs to always look far and look further to the horizon. it s just like walking on a rainy day. if you just keep your eyes on the feet you only see the muddy road, but if you look up to the sky you may be able to see the rainbow on the horizon. reporter: republicans view this trip as misguided saying a strong leader needs to stand up to the chinese. i think it s unfortunate that janet yellen is over there, she s an academic. she s naive enough to think if you continue to feed the alligator, the alligator won t eat you but china doesn t share our interests or values. reporter: a senior treasury official says that saturday, later on today, the secretary will meet the current vice premier, and that is when she will push back on specific issues. bret. bret: edward lawrence, live in beijing.
bret. bret: mark meredith live on the north lawn. mark, thank you. treasury secretary jan he et yellen is meeting with chinese officials today focusing on easing economic tensions between washington and beijing. edward lawrence of fox business is in beijing again tonight with the story. reporter: a big meeting in a grand room. the chinese premier, lee chang impressing treasure secretary janet yellen while offering no real changes a senior treasury official says they talked about broad strokes and how to avoid miscommunication followings policies the u.s. put into place. both the economic competition, it is not winner take all, but with a fair set of rules will benefit both of our countries. reporter: a senior treasury official called the meeting candid and constructive but that official could not tell me any specific area the secretary pushed back on chinese actions. the premier hinted to secretary yellen, american companies need