In advance of President Trump's trip to China this week, U.S. lawmakers are continuing to ratchet up political pressure against allowing the sale of Chinese automobiles in the U.S. They are also moving to restrict Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland.

Seventy-four Democrats in the House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Trump pressing him not to allow imports of Chinese automobiles or Chinese automobile production in the U.S.

The Trump administration has authorized Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China, with a new mechanism designed to allow the government to capture a portion of the profit from the sales. However, the path forward for these exports remains precarious, facing regulatory challenges in both Beijing and Washington.

Leaders of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China are continuing their push to restrict Chinese seafood imports, releasing a letter sent to the Trump administration in July in which they argue for a number of actions against these imports.

Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Greg Steube (R-FL) have introduced the Secure Trade Act, a bill that raises tariffs on imports, including from China, and expands federal scrutiny of foreign investments.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has written a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pushing the Department of Justice to investigate TuSimple Holdings Inc., a Chinese-linked autonomous trucking company located in California, "for potential violations of U.S. export controls, unauthorized transfers of sensitive technology to the People’

Last week, the leaders of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and the heads of several other agencies, urging them to take additional action, including a self-initiated Section 301 investigation, against China's transshipment schemes to circumvent