Risch Calls for Congress to Pass New China Bill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, urged his colleagues last week to approve his Strategic Act, a wide-ranging China bill that contains several export control, sanctions and foreign investment provisions, including creation of a “tiger team” to start identifying targets for sanctions, export controls and other economic measures “well before China takes military action” against Taiwan.
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China “continues to pose a significant threat to the U.S. & our allies,” Risch tweeted. “It’s important that Congress and the next admin act swiftly on legislation that safeguards our interests & helps in our strategic competition w/ China.”
Risch and 10 other Republican senators introduced the bill last month (see 2409190064).