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Nomination Hearing for Two USTR Positions Discusses China Trade Issues
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today on the Nominations of Maria Pagan to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office) and Christopher Wilson to be USTR's Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (as well as Brent Neiman to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Republican Senators Introduce Legislation To End Development Bank Assistance for China
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and 17 of his Republican colleagues have introduced legislation (S.2587) that would put an end to assistance to China by multilateral development banks. The logic behind the legislation is that China has grown enough economically that it no longer requires lending from development banks. As
U.S. Defense Funding Bill Pushes for Graduating China from Receiving World Bank Loans
On January 1, 2021, the U.S. Congress overrode a veto from President Trump in order to pass annual defense spending legislation (the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA). One of the provisions in the bill tries to push for “graduating” China from World Bank lending. The key text of