Lawmakers Push for Measures to Tackle China’s Evasion of US Tariffs, Other Unfair Trade Practices

The Chinese regime’s ’systematic abuse of U.S. trade laws ... represents a clear and urgent threat to American industry and workers,' lawmakers said.

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) (R) speaks to members of the press as Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-Ind.) listens, at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on March 14, 2024. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Lawmakers have reintroduced a bill and urged government departments to step up efforts to tackle China’s unfair trade practices, including the evasion of U.S. tariffs.

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, on March 5 relaunched a bipartisan bill aimed at creating a task force within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to tackle trade-related crime investigations and cases.