Yellen says the US economic relationship with China must consider human rights and national security

FILE – United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks at the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. Yellen wants Latin America to trade more with the United States as part of an initiative that so far has failed to disrupt Chinas dominance in global manufacturing. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) WASHINGTON - Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday. In laying out the Biden administration’s economic approach toward the Indo-Pacific…