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U.S. Senators Challenge China's Procurement Practices for Medical Devices
Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Todd Young (R-IN) wrote
to
[https://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/10/carper-young-letter-seeks-to-protect-medical-device-jobs-and-hold-china-accountable]
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai "express[ing] concern with recent action
by China related to the procurement of medical devices." The
GOP Members of Congress Call On Biden Administration To Crack Down On Sharing Critical U.S. Technology With China
The Republican-led China Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a
letter
[https://mcusercontent.com/723925654e4ab8fdea83f0a9c/files/cabefc23-b371-c24c-1efa-2f85711f7916/CTF_Letter_to_Sec._Raimondo_on_Export_Control_Actions.pdf]
to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for a crack down on sharing critical
U.S. technology with China, and
Nomination Hearing for Two USTR Positions Discusses China Trade Issues
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today on the Nominations of Maria Pagan to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office) and Christopher Wilson to be USTR's Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (as well as Brent Neiman to be Deputy Under Secretary of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee Releases Data on Export License Decisions Related to Huawei and SMIC
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decided to
disclose aggregated data from the Commerce Department on licensing decisions for
possible sales to Chinese telecoms company Huawei and semiconductor company SMIC
for the six month period from November 2020 to April 2021. These companies are
on
Members of Congress Press U.S. Customs on Cotton Imports Tied to Forced Labor
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and
Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), who are all part of
the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) [https://www.cecc.gov/],
sent a letter
[https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4CCECC26-AC84-49EE-85F6-64FE12376347]
Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to China Testifies at Senate Confirmation Hearing
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,
Republican Senators Keep Pressure on Biden Administration BIS Nominee
Following up on questions he asked Alan Estevez -- the Biden administration's
nominee for Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of
Commerce -- about general export control policies relating to China, the Entity
List, and the companies Huawei and Honor during the nomination
