Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton recently gave a speech at the Ronald Reagan library, in which his broad theme was promoting a way forward for the different factions within the Republican party. As part of this, he took an aggressive approach to U.S. trade policy relating to China.

After months of saying that they are reviewing their China trade policy, the Biden administration has, through a speech by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at CSIS, an interview with Tai on CNBC, and remarks made on background by senior administration officials, offered some details on the direction they