Marco Rubio, Republican senator from Florida, is Donald Trump's pick for US secretary of state, America's top diplomat. Unlike some other names that Trump plans to appoint to key cabinet positions, the selection of Florida Senator Marco Rubio to serve as secretary of state has won praise from both Democrats and Republicans.Rubio is a former Trump adversary, having run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 against Trump and others. During that campaign, Trump belittled him as “Little Marco,” and the two exchanged heated attacks during the debates. After Trump’s 2016 victory, Rubio aligned behind him, serving as an informal foreign policy adviser. He was even considered to be Trump's running mate in the November 5 election, and supported the Republican ticket after he was passed for the role.Rubio is not an isolationist like most other Trump picks who are reluctant to continue or start new US interventions abroad, but he has also echoed Trump more recently on issues like Russia’s war against Ukraine, saying that the conflict has reached a stalemate and “needs to be brought to a conclusion.” Voting against a new $6 billion military aid package for Ukraine earlier this year, Rubio expressed support for Ukraine but said that the focus should be Asia:<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 225, 68); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 225, 68); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"The future of the 21st century is going to largely be defined by what happens in the Indo-Pacific. And I think China would love for us to be bogged down in Europe in a conflict and not focused on what’s happening in the Indo-Pacific."</blockquote>Rubio was elected to the Senate in 2010, and has staked out a position as a foreign policy hawk, taking hard lines on China, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba in particular.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">China</h2>Rubio has long championed growing American industries to better compete with China. He also served as a co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which has aimed to craft aggressive policy on China, especially in trying to address human rights abuses there. In 2020, Rubio sponsored a bill that tried to prevent the import of Chinese goods made with the use of forced labor by China’s ethnic Uyghur minority. President Biden signed it into law the next year.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Israel</h2>Like all other Trump picks, Rubio is a staunch supporter of Israel and it's war in Gaza. When asked by a peace activist late last year what he thought about the many Palestinian civilian deaths, he said, "I think Hamas is 100 percent to blame."Rubio is against a ceasefire in Gaza. When asked by activists on Capitol Hill if he would support ending fighting there, he firmly said no. "On the contrary … I want them to destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on," Rubio said. "These people are vicious animals who did horrifying crimes."Rubio also supports Israel's positions on Iran and Lebanon.Trump has made his choice for a number of other national security roles. He has selected Representative Michael Waltz, Republican of Florida, to be his national security adviser, and Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, to be ambassador to the United Nations.Looking ahead:&nbsp;Rubio has worked across party lines on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, and would likely sail through a confirmation process.

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Ahead of his return to the White House on 20 January 2025, president-elect Donald Trump is making appointments to what will be his new cabinet. Department of State will be run by Marco Rubio, awaiting confirmation.

US foreign policy to be run by China hawk Marco Rubio

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/us-taiwan-to-deepen-trade-ties-plan-june-washington-meeting" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The US and Taiwan</a> laid a new plan called the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade to deepen their trade relationship focusing on ending forced labor and “harmful non-market policies and practices”. The fresh blueprint is set to be a roadmap for negotiations in areas such as trade facilitation, regulatory practices, agriculture, anti-corruption, and supporting small businesses, US Trade Representative said.

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/germany-denies-vw-china-investment-guarantees-over-human-rights-concerns-spiegel-2022-05-27/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Germany's Economy Ministry</a> has turned down four applications from Volkswagen for investment guarantees in China because of concerns over human rights violations in Xinjiang, Der Spiegel reported. "The human rights situation in Xinjiang has become worse in recent years and involves forced labor and mass internment of Uyghurs," the ministry said.

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