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Proposed U.S. Legislation Seeks to Rein In Chinese Export Credits
Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) has introduced an amendment to the America COMPETES Act that is based on his earlier proposed legislation intended to ensure compliance by China with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.
Senator Cruz Introduces Legislation To Prohibit Federal Funding of Programs that Alter Political Content for Screening in China
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced legislation entitled “Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, and Protecting Talkies Act” (the “SCRIPT Act”), which attempts to "prohibit the use of Federal funds for the production of programs by United States companies that alter political content for screening in the People's Republic
Blumenauer Introduces Legislation To Strengthen Application of Trade Laws Against China, Other Non-Market Economies
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, has introduced legislation that will, among other things, exclude products from certain non-market economy countries from de minimis treatment under U.S. trade laws.
U.S. Legislation Introduced to End Reliance on China for Rare-Earth Elements
Last week, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced legislation intended to "protect America from the threat of rare-earth element supply disruptions, encourage domestic production of those elements, and reduce our reliance on China."
Proposed Legislation on U.S. Leadership in Space Addresses U.S.-China Competition
Republican Congressman Randy Weber of Texas has introduced H.R. 6391, the U.S. Leadership in Space Act of 2021. The legislation has several sections that specifically address competition with China in matters related to outer space.
2020 Defense Bill Provision on U.S. Purchases of BYD Electric Buses Comes Into Effect
As part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 (the annual U.S. defense spending bill), which became law on December 20, 2019, there was a provision designed to restrict Chinese-owned companies from selling rail cars or buses to be used in U.S. transit. As Roll
U.S. Defense Bill Prohibits Certain Procurement from Xinjiang Region
In the $768 billion
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/defense-spending-bill.html] U.S.
defense spending bill that Congress recently passed (National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, H.R.4350
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350]), there is a
provision that prohibits the