A proposed deal in which Ford would use technology from China-based EV battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) to build a Michigan battery factory has come under additional Congressional scrutiny.

Last week, several Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Swiss company ASEA Brown Boveri Ltd. (ABB), expressing concern about its ties to a Chinese crane-making company that has itself been the subject of recent Congressional scrutiny.

Yesterday, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP wrote to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai with concerns that China "will flood the United States

The two leaders of a key U.S. House Committee dealing with China issues are pressing the administration for action against Chinese company Quectel Wireless Solutions, citing national security concerns.

Recent company lobbying and Congressional pressure on the Biden administration have put the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) industry, which makes sensors used in autonomous vehicle, in the middle of the U.S.-China tech/trade conflict.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arguing that the Biden administration should blacklist Chinese company Brite Semiconductor and "tighten its inadequate export controls on American chip-design software."

Last week, the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party made a recommendation to raise tariffs on China through a change in the U.S. tariff schedule. The political prospects for this proposal are unclear at this point, but if