On June 7, Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified [https://www.c-span.org/video/?512281-1/secretary-blinken-testifies-house-foreign-affairs-committee-2022-budget] before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. During that testimony, Republican Congressman Andy Barr of Kentucky asked Secretary Blinken about the possibility

On February 25, President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, testified at a confirmation hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-katherine-c-tai-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-united-states-trade-representative-with-the-rank-of-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary] before the Senate Finance Committee. The issue of trade with China came up a number of times, both in her opening statement and in