The U.S. and Canadian governments have both held hearings and discussions, as well as taking specific actions, in recent weeks in response to China's dominance of the critical minerals market and with the objective of pushing forward with plans to develop their own supply chains in this

On Friday, the Biden administration decided to extend U.S. "safeguard" tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on imports on certain solar products, most of which are imported from Chinese-owned producers in countries other than China (imports directly from China were already subject to various other tariffs)

At a speech on Monday, FBI Director Christopher Wray offered remarks on the threats posed by the Chinese government to U.S. businesses and individuals, focusing heavily on issues of economic espionage.

At the confirmation hearing [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations_-immediately-following-the-business-meeting-102021] yesterday for the Biden administration's nominee for Ambassador to China, long-time diplomat Nicholas Burns [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Nicholas_Burns], trade issues came up several times. Burns mentioned these issues in his opening statement,