Senate resolution presses Trump to counter China in Latin America
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- Bipartisan senators introduced a resolution Thursday calling on President Trump to counter China's broad influence in Latin America, according to a copy obtained exclusively by The Hill.
- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution, drawing support from both GOP and Democratic senators.
- The resolution's timing is anchored to Trump's planned May meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, framed in the text as a high-stakes summit.
- The measure marks a rare cross-party alignment on China policy, with Republican and Democratic senators jointly pressuring the administration on its Latin America posture.
- The resolution was obtained exclusively by The Hill, signaling the story's Washington insider focus ahead of the Xi-Trump summit.
- Shaheen, as the top Democrat on Foreign Relations, brings institutional weight — her introduction frames the resolution as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee priority on hemispheric competition with Beijing.
Why it matters: Bipartisan backing from both parties gives the resolution unusual political durability heading into Trump's May meeting with Xi in Beijing, where Latin America is now a stated flashpoint. Shaheen, the top Democrat on Foreign Relations, is effectively forcing the administration to articulate a counter-China strategy for the Western Hemisphere or face a public Senate challenge on its own terms.
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