House Select Committee Leaders Say Tariff Evasion by China a Problem
The chair and co-chair of the House Select Committee on China told an audience of Uyghur activists and others concerned about Chinese human rights abuses that they are pleased recommendations from their committee have become legislation.
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Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said dealing with a Communist government in China is in some ways more challenging than the management of the relationship with the former Soviet Union, because of how intertwined the Chinese and American economies are.
He said U.S. businesses ought to develop supply chains with "like-minded companies," and that he feels we should make sure our economy is not dependent on China.
"We ought to make de minimis zero for China," he said. The two pieces of legislation with the most support in the House and Senate on de minimis would not remove China entirely from de minimis entry, but would remove the majority of Chinese goods from the program.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said the U.S. needs more effective tools to counter tariff evasion, which is growing since high tariffs were put on many Chinese products.
To combat subsidized overcapacity from China, he said, "We have to do strategic tariffing, among other things. This is a policy that Donald Trump adopted, and Joe Biden continued, and I support." He said automotive manufacturing and semiconductor manufacturing needs to be protected, so that firms can innovate and compete (with those who are not dumping).