GOP House’s China Panel to Study ‘Greatest Geopolitical Threat’
- Select committee will scrutinize US investments in China
- Panel will make recommendations to Congress by end of the year
Representative Mike Gallagher
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The House set up a new select committee Tuesday to come up with ways the US can counter China’s growing economic and strategic power, reflecting the broad sentiment in Congress for taking a confrontational approach in dealing with the world’s second largest economy.
The overwhelming 365-65 bipartisan vote marked a rare area of agreement between Republicans and Democrats at the start of divided government in Washington.