Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Revoke China’s Trade Status

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said the Chinese regime’s PNTR status has enriched the CCP while costing the United States jobs.

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) questions U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A group of lawmakers on Jan. 23 reintroduced a bill in both the Senate and the House to suspend normal trade relations with China and codify higher tariffs on goods from the country.

It came after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum during his first day in office directing federal agencies to examine U.S. trade deficits and unfair trade practices by the United States’ trade partners, review economic trade relations between Beijing and the United States, and assess bills regarding China’s permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status.