Congressional Reports Recommend Stiffer Response to China’s Rise
- Calls for key supply chains to shift away from China
- Democrats wary of blaming China for virus, with eye on Trump
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The U.S. should re-examine all aspects of its relationship with China, including investment, trade, defense and intelligence capabilities, according to two separate reports issued Wednesday by congressional panels -- one controlled by Democrats, the other by Republicans.
Congressional GOP members urged key industries to shift supply chains away from China and called for stricter limits on some China-related investments, according to the final report from their China Task Force. The group, which Democrats declined to join, called China a “generational threat” akin to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.