Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., have introduced a bill that would direct antidumping and countervailing duty revenue to counties that have been injured by trade. According to a one-page description of the bill, introduced Dec. 6, "Priority is given to communities where a domestic producer would be most likely to increase production and employment with the benefit of a grant."

Because China is undermining the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) with its domestic market for pangolins and pangolin products, the White House should ban the import of "associated fish and wildlife" from China, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., ranking member on the House Select committee on China, argue.

Seventeen senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are asking the U.S. trade representative to reach "an expedited agreement with the European Union" so that tariffs don't return on exported whiskey Jan. 1. That tariff would be 50% under the schedule the EU imposed as retaliation for the Section 232 tariffs on European steel and aluminum exports.

A bill that would ban the import of Russian uranium (see 2203280068) 90 days after passage, unless the Energy Department grants a waiver because "no alternative viable source of low-enriched uranium is available to sustain the continued operation of a nuclear reactor," has been recommended by the House Energy Committee.

A bill that would ban the import or export of marine species that pose "a substantial risk of harm to the sustainability of such species or the coral reef ecosystem of such species," or of species that have poor survivorship in transport or captivity, was introduced by Reps. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, and Jared Huffman, D-Calif.

A bill that would ban the import of seafood of Chinese origin -- which includes fish caught in Alaska but processed in China -- was introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Rick Scott, R-Fla.

Not even a month after USDA said it was satisfied that fresh beef from Paraguay is safe to import, Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced a bill to temporarily suspend the importation of Paraguayan beef and establish a working group to analyze the food safety and animal health threat of that beef. The pair has repeatedly introduced bills in the past to ban the import of Brazilian beef, also for food safety and animal health reasons.

A bipartisan bill that would create an international financial crime center within Homeland Security Investigations, and protect funding for the Trade Transparency Unit at DHS, was recently introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Angus King, an independent from Maine. The Trade Transparency Unit establishes agreements with foreign governments to share import-export data.

A bill introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, would allow importers who paid Section 232 tariffs on steel or aluminum products that were later granted exclusions to get that money back, even if the deadline for liquidation or reliquidation has passed.

A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would direct the Commerce Department to designate critical industries, critical goods and critical supply chains, as well as model the effect of disruptions to those supply chains and prepare for those risks.