The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Feb. 16 held a hearing on “Ending trade that cheats American workers by modernizing trade laws and enforcement, fighting forced labor, eliminating counterfeits, and leveling the playing field.”
Much of the hearing, which was gaveled in by Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), focused on the ways that China exploits trade cheats to increase its own wealth and influence.
Throughout the hearing, Republicans and Democrats agreed on the threat China poses to America’s industrial interests and sought solutions that could limit the harm China-based industry does to the U.S.
“Trade cheats in China and around the world are constantly looking for new ways to evade U.S. trade laws and rip off American jobs and American workers,” Wyden began. “They wish to sell illegal products in America—goods made with forced la for, illegally-harvested timber, and products that steal our intellectual property.”…