Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., joined by 15 members of the Florida House delegation, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and four House members from Georgia, asked the U.S. trade representative for an update on a private sector industry advisory panel of Southeastern fruit and vegetable producers.
A bill introduced by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., the text of which was published Aug. 11, would require the administration to produce a report on how to develop a more secure supply chain for pharmaceuticals and their active ingredients that has less reliance on China.
Five Republican senators, led by Marco Rubio of Florida, are asking the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to add Contemporary Amperex Technology, Co. Limited (CATL) and its supplier and former subsidiary Xinjiang Zhicun Lithium to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list.
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., has reintroduced a bill that requires that products made in the occupied West Bank, or, as she termed it, "Israeli-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria," be marked "Made in Israel."
A bill that would end China's eligibility for most favored nation tariffs was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and the text was published Aug. 8. The bill has no co-sponsors.
A House bill to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling for beef diverges from the Senate COOL bill (see 2301310026), which asks the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to develop a method to reinstate mandatory COOL that is compliant with the World Trade Organization.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Senate that instructs the administration to produce an annual report on Chinese industrial subsidies, with an analysis of how those subsidies pose a "significant risk" to "employment in the United States, including employment in strategically critical industries," and particularly in manufacturing.
U.S. trade policy should focus more on securing free trade deals and less on tariffs on Chinese goods, farmers told the leaders of the House Select Committee on China during an Aug. 3 panel in Iowa.
Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., one of the shrinking number of members of Congress who advocates for engaging with China rather than punishing it, recently published a white paper of his views on how to manage competition with China, how to use both offensive and defensive measures to compete with China, how to improve U.S. governance and competitiveness, and how to identify areas of cooperation.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., talked about the U.S.-Korea trade deal, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the Inflation Reduction Act's restrictions on electric vehicle battery inputs with top Korean officials during a recent visit to Soeul.