Today the U.S. Senate passed a long-awaited $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, called the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr3684/BILLS-117hr3684eas.pdf]." One provision in this bill is of particular interest for trade with China, as it requires a report within

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and 17 of his Republican colleagues have introduced legislation [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2587/text] (S.2587) that would put an end to assistance to China by multilateral development banks. The logic behind the legislation is that China has grown enough economically that

Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have introduced legislation [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2474/text] entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" that they say would "prohibit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase Chinese telecommunications equipment,

On June 11, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the “Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act.” As he put it [https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-roy-introduces-legislation-bar-china-buying-american-land] in a press release, the goal is “to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from owning land in the United States.” He

On July 14, the U.S. Senate passed [https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2021/7/14/senate-section/article/s4905-6] , by voice vote, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/65?r=12&s=1]. In a press release [https://www.rubio.senate.gov/