There were two developments last week in the Canadian Senate related to imports of goods made with forced labor, with China specifically mentioned in both instances: (1) Amending existing law and (2) changing how the current law is implemented. First, Canadian Senator Leo Housakos of the opposition Conservative party introduced

As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australian-senate-approves-bill-banning-imports-of-goods-forced-labor/] , in late August, the Australian Senate passed a bill [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1307] – Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021 – that would ban imports of goods made

Back in July, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced legislation [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/proposed-legislation-would-restrict-american-rescue-plan-funds-from-being-used-to-purchase-chinese-telecoms-equipment/] entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" to "prohibit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase Chinese telecommunications equipment, including from Huawei and ZTE.

On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal information is involved. The bill, S. 3130 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law designed to tighten existing restrictions on products from companies

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced the Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2021 [https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7/7/7761c7c8-1f5b-4b82-b32e-59d86cee0f9a/9C39928D30260C3333F460C163265018.ros21g09.pdf] , which he said [https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/2021/10/kennedy-introduces-bill-to-increase-scrutiny-over-chinese-investments-on-u-s-soil] is designed "to review

A new bipartisan bill [https://bera.house.gov/sites/bera.house.gov/files/documents/Rep.%20Bera%20Economic%20Coercion%20Bill.pdf] (H.R. 5580 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5580]) introduced on October 15 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ami Bera (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and