China remains one of the biggest threats to the United States, but the U.S. can fight the challenge through its markets, fair trade deals, and rebuilding the military, national security adviser Mike Waltz said during a talk Friday at CPAC. 

“President [Donald] Trump is who pivoted the whole national security apparatus back in 2017 and 2018 to deal with the threat and the competition that China is,” Waltz said in an on-stage interview, which aired on Newsmax. “He firmly believes we can win this economically.” 

But Trump is already making inroads, including with the Panama Canal, where Panama has said it is finished with allowing China’s infiltration, Waltz said. 

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