At a House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing last week on "Modernizing Customs Policies to Protect American Workers and Secure Supply Chains," several members of Congress continued their push to rethink the de minimis provisions in U.S. law that they say have allowed Chinese goods to

Last week, various members of Congress raised the issue of labor rights abuses in the supply chains of SHEIN and several and other companies, writing to both U.S. government agencies and the companies themselves.

In a speech and subsequent conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emphasized Canada's important role in producing critical minerals for batteries and electric vehicles to ensure "resilience," and contrasted the cleaner and labor-friendly Canadian production with the

At a hearing held today by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the Commissioners and witnesses discussed specific aspects of the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), as well as concerns about China more generally.

Yesterday, a bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security pressing for tougher enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

Earlier this week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) "ramped up his investigation into auto supply chain links to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, with new questions for automakers and tier 1 suppliers."

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified on President Biden's trade policy agenda, touching on a number of China trade issues.