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."

This past week's CTM pieces covered Chinese trade remedies and Chinese actions related to food imports, copyright and anti-trust, as well as new trade related developments between China and some Arab states; speeches by Biden administration officials on the Phase One deal, actions by Justice Department officials

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.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke today at an event hosted by The Institute of International and European Affairs. In response to a question on enforcing the China Phase One trade deal, she did not offer any specifics, but instead talked about cooperation with the EU on challenges related

Canada and Taiwan have announced that they are exploring the possibility of a foreign investment agreement, which would liberalize restrictions on cross-border investment between the two and provide legal protections for existing investments.

In remarks yesterday to the the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Convention, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offered some thoughts on China's compliance with the Phase One trade agreement and the Biden administration's approach to enforcing it going forward.

A new Congressional Research Service report on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) lays out a wide range of issues for Congress related to this agency, including the DFC's role in "countering China."