Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., back in the Capitol after the August break, told International Trade Today that he'll "have more to say about" his committee's investigation on forced labor in auto supply chains "before too long."
A recent Congressional Research Service report on U.S.-Mexican trade relations noted that members of Congress have varying views on USMCA, the trade deal that has integrated North American supply chains, particularly in the auto industry.
The chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with 25 other Republicans, is asking Ford's CEO to explain its arrangement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) to build batteries for electric vehicles in Michigan.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., a pharmacist, and seven others of the 14 House members representing Georgia are asking the FDA how it is ensuring that chemotherapy drugs that are imported meet safety standards, given that Qilu Pharmaceuticals is not FDA-approved. FDA turned to Qilu for cisplatin after Intas Pharmaceuticals in India was shut down for contamination prevention issues. It had been supplying about half of U.S. cisplatin.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., introduced a bill this week to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling for beef, but unlike an earlier House bill (see 2308070018), his bill says the labeling must be in compliance with World Trade Organization rules.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that she should not intervene in professional staff's determination of whether antidumping and countervailing duties -- they range from 43% to 294% -- should be imposed on imported tin mill steel products, used in making cans for packaging food.
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."