Last week, Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pressing for a new Section 301 investigation on Chinese economic practices, an action which has been rumored for several months but has not yet been initiated.

A bipartisan group of members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) have sent a letter to HSBC, a "British multinational investment bank and financial services company," raising "questions and concerns about HSBC’s business practices in Hong Kong and globally, including restrictions placed on the accounts

Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a briefing on Developing an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, with expert witnesses offering their perspectives, and members of Congress stating their views and asking questions of the witnesses.

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee have written a letter to the Biden administration criticizing the handling of the Phase One trade deal.

A bipartisan group of members of Congress who head up the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees asking them to increase funding in order to "aggressively" enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee sent a letter yesterday to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, applauding reports that Commerce may strengthen export controls in relation to Chinese semiconductor company SMIC, while pressing Raimondo on issues related to the implementation of possible changes.

Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa wrote a letter to President Biden this week in which they called for him to press China on agricultural purchases and to engage on trade issues in the Indo-Pacific region.