The recently created "Select Committee on the CCP" in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing last week on "Leveling the Playing Field: How to Counter the CCP's Economic Aggression."

At a House Ways and Means trade subcommittee hearing yesterday, members of Congress and witnesses discussed general U.S. concerns about China's role in the world economy, as well as the specific issues of the "de miminis loophole," Chinese economic coercion, and the possibility of revoking China's Permanent Normal Trade

Earlier this week, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a bill to withdraw Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) from China, which would raise tariffs on Chinese imports. This bill is one of several that have been introduced recently on this issue, but at this moment none seems likely to be enacted

At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing yesterday, members of Congress asked Biden administration officials about a range of issues related to economic relations with China: export licenses granted by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); China's economic coercion; MFN treatment for China in the event

Two Republican Congressmen have introduced legislation that would revoke China's permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status. This legislation, if enacted, would lead to annual reviews, linked to human rights concerns, of U.S. tariffs on China.

Three members of the U.S. House of Representative have introduced legislation that would withdraw normal trade relations for products imported from China.