At a House Agriculture Committee hearing on January 20, the questions from members of Congress for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack touched on a couple China-related issues: Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland and enforcement of the Phase One trade deal.

At a December 2 House Ways and Means Committee hearing [https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/trade-subcommittee-hearing-supporting-us-workers-businesses-and-environment] on "Supporting U.S. Workers, Businesses, and the Environment in the Face of Unfair Chinese Trade Practices," a number of witnesses testified, and members of Congress asked questions and made statements

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-lisa-w-wang-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-commerce-vice-jeffrey-kessler] today on the nominations of two Commerce Department officials: Maria Louise Lago as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Lisa Wang as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance. The questions from the

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing [https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/09/14/2021/nomination-hearing] today in which it considered the nominations of Alan Estevez and Thea Kendler for key positions at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce

On July 28, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-trade-and-investment-in-africa-072821] on "U.S. Trade and Investment in Africa." Several of the remarks and questions focused on China's role in African trade and investment, and how the United States

On July 21, the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee held a hearing [https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/trade-subcommittee-hearing-global-challenge-forced-labor-supply-chains] on "The Global Challenge of Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Strengthening Enforcement and Protecting Workers [https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/trade-subcommittee-hearing-global-challenge-forced-labor-supply-chains] ." Among the many issues discussed at

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-melanie-anne-egorin-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-health-and-human-services] on the nominations of several Biden administration officials, Senator Ron Wyden asked Sarah Bianchi, one of the Biden administration's nominees for Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, some questions about U.S. trade policy as it