At a press conference [https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-ecuadorian-foreign-minister-mauricio-montalvo-at-a-joint-press-availability/] during a visit to Ecuador, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo were asked about U.S.-China economic competition in the region. Montalvo emphasized that "as the United States has commercial

Thirteen Republican members of the House of Representatives -- a list of these members is included at the end of this piece -- sent a letter [https://crawford.house.gov/uploadedfiles/scan.pdf] to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai expressing concern about "the growing influence and intensified engagement

On July 13, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) spoke [https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2021/07/13/167/122/CREC-2021-07-13-pt1-PgS4837-4.pdf] on the Senate floor about China’s growing economic influence in Latin America: > Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, last night I had an interesting dinner. Senator Chris Coons of