WASHINGTON—The United States should use tariffs to deter Chinese state-sponsored cyber attacks, a House lawmaker told The Epoch Times.
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.), chairman of the Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, made the remarks on April 2, which President Donald Trump called the “Liberation Day” as he announced his reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners with an aim to erase trade deficits.
Timmons suggested that the Trump administration use tariffs as part of its cybersecurity strategy to hold foreign adversaries accountable and establish deterrents against potential malign cyber activities in the future.
In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan to dismantle al-Qaeda for its role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, “so it’s not unreasonable if a terrorist or a foreign state is going to cause immense damage and threaten our national security that we just use tariffs to hold them accountable, to extract economic pain,” Timmons said, while chairing a hearing on Salt Typhoon….