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Policymakers in Washington are focused on building resilient supply chains that are less reliant on China, while encouraging production of critical goods in the U.S. Options are being investigated and discussed by nearly every committee on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have introduced nearly 200 China-related bills in 2023.
RILA continues to educate policymakers on the importance of having a robust, high ambition trade agenda to promote U.S. values, support U.S. economic competitiveness, and bolster U.S. national security goals. Any trade and economic agenda aimed at countering China should also include traditional free trade agreements with allies that include market access provisions.
This webpage is designed to help retailers stay informed of the latest legislative and policy actions, as well as related activity by RILA to promote U.S. competitiveness through smart economic and trade policy.
Featured News - Trade Policy
USTR Should Abandon Unsuccessful & Harmful Tariff Policy
RILA filed comments with USTR, sharing the retail industry’s perspective on the impact of section 301 tariffs.
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U.S. Trade Policy Should Foster Fair, Strong Competition
Policies that are fair and give retailers the ability to compete on the global stage, customers, communities, and workers here in the U.S. all benefit.
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Retailers Urge Court to Vacate Tariffs in Ongoing Litigation
Retailers, led by the RLC and RILA, will continue to press our position until the tariffs are removed.
Learn MoreCongressional Action
Select Congressional Committees on China
Congressional Hearings
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House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Hearing: Reforming the Generalized System of Preferences to Safeguard U.S. Supply Chains and Combat China (September 20, 2023)
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing: “America’s Supply Chain: Understanding & Mitigating Threats” (July 20, 2023)
- Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Hearing: “The Biden Administration's PRC Strategy” (July 20, 2023)
- Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Thunderdome Debate: “Trade and Economic Engagement with China” (July 19, 2023)
- Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing: Corporate Complicity: Subsidizing the PRC's Human Rights Violations (July 11, 2023)
- House Select Committee on the CCP Hearing: Leveling the Playing Field: How to Counter the Chinese Communist Party’s Economic Aggression (May 17, 2023)
- House Ways and Means Committee Hearing: Trade in America: Securing Supply Chains and Protecting the American Worker (May 9, 2023)
- Congressional Executive-Commission on China Hearing: Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the Impact on Global Supply Chains (April 18, 2023)
- House Ways and Means Committee Hearing: Countering China’s Trade and Investment Agenda: Opportunities for American Leadership (April 18, 2023)
- House Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party (CCP) Hearing: The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America (February 28, 2023)
- House Select Committee on the CCP Hearing: The Chinese Communist Party's Ongoing Uyghur Genocide (March 23, 2023)
- Senate Finance Committee Hearing: The President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda (March 23, 2023)
- House Ways and Means Committee Hearing: The President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda (March 24, 2023)
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- House Financial Services Hearing: Combatting the Economic Threat from China (February 7, 2023)
- House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing: Economic Danger Zone: How America Competes to Win the Future Versus China (February 1, 2023)
- USCC Hearing: China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities
Congressional Letters
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- Congressional-Executive Committee on China Chairs Ask NBA And NBPA For Stance On Forced Labor And Freedom Of Expression (October 3, 2023)
- Tillis, Brown Call on President Biden to Protect Textile and Apparel Industry from China’s Illegal Practices (September 29, 2023)
- Rep. Miller Calls on CBP to Halt Import of Chinese Solar Panels Made with Forced Labor (September 29, 2023)
Policy Recommendations
- Select Committee on the CCP recommendations arising from the Committee’s Taiwan war game and associated events on deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. (May, 2023)
- Select Committee on the CCP recommendation recommendations related to the Uyghur genocide (May, 2023)
- Select Committee on the CCP Proposal to Reset Economic Relationship with China (December, 2023)
Congressional Hearing Recaps (Member Only)
House Ways & Means Recap: President’s 2023 Trade Agenda
House Ways & Means Hearing on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda with United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai.
Read MorePresident’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda Senate Hearing Recap
Senate Committee on Finance, full committee hearing recap on the President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda.
Read MoreHouse Select Committee on the CCP Hearing Recap
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party Hearing on "The Chinese Communist Party's Ongoing Uyghur Genocide".
Read MoreLegislation
- Total # of China bills introduced (As of April 22, 2024): 443 – 266 House and 177 Senate
- Total bills passed to date: 45– 38 House and 7 Senate
MCI China Legislative Tracker 2024
| Total # China bills introduced | % all bills | Increase vs last week | # Bills passed To Date |
Markups this week | Hearings this week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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House |
266 |
2.8 |
+7 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
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Senate |
177 |
4.0 |
+1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
Administration Statements & Policies
- USTR Releases President Biden’s 2024 Trade Policy Agenda and 2023 Annual Report (March 1, 2024)
- Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory Addendum (September 26, 2023)
- USTR Extends Reinstated and Covid-Related Exclusions from China Section 301 Tariffs (September 6, 2023)
- Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Renewing American Economic Leadership (April 27, 2023)
- Testimony of Ambassador Katherine Tai Before the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda (March 24, 2023)
- Testimony of Ambassador Katherine Tai Before the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda (March 23, 2023)
- President Biden’s 2024 Budget Plan (March 9, 2023)
- USTR 2024 Budget Justification (March 9, 2023)
- 2023 Trade Policy Agenda (March 1, 2023)
- USTR Annual Report on China’s WTO Compliance (February 23, 2023)
- 2022 National Security Strategy (October 12, 2022)
- Secretary of State Blinken’s 2022 Speech on Administration’s Approach to the PRC (May 26, 2022)
- Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory (July 13, 2021)
Discover what RILA is doing – letters, press releases, blogs, etc.
Blog Post
Lawmakers Request Prompt Conclusion to Section 301 Review
- By [Ellen Jackson, Blake Harden]
- 04/25/2024
Press Release
Retailers Disappointed in FTC Non-Compete Ban
- By [Evan Armstrong, Kathleen McGuigan]
- 04/23/2024
Press Release
Retailers Welcome Steps Forward on Key Trade Legislation
- By [Blake Harden]
- 04/17/2024
Press Release
Retailers Challenge Policymakers: Rise Above Partisan Divide
- By [Michael Hanson]
- 03/07/2024
Blog Post
Counting the Days: Retailers Await USTR Tariff Relief
- By [Ellen Jackson, Blake Harden]
- 01/17/2024
Press Release
China Select Committee Rec Would Disadvantage U.S. Companies
- By [Blake Harden]
- 12/12/2023
Deeper Look into our Goals & Priorities
Discover how RILA and our partners are educating & advocating for a bold trade agenda
RILA is an executive member and leader of the Americans for Free Trade Coalition, a broad swath of industries, that focus on the impact of tariffs to American households and U.S. businesses across the country.
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