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US House clears a largely bipartisan package of bills to counter China

Sep. 12, 2024 16:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House this week approved a sweeping package of bills to counter China's influence, shoring up a largely bipartisan push to ensure America comes out ahead in the competition between the world's superpowers. The efforts would ban Chinese-made drones, limit...

Congress takes up a series of bills targeting China, from drones to drugs

Sep. 09, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — How to curb and counter China's influence and power — through its biotech companies, drones and electric vehicles — will dominate the U.S. House's first week back from summer break, with lawmakers taking up a series of measures targeting Beijing. Washington...

Chinese businesses hoping to expand in the US and bring jobs face uncertainty and suspicion

Aug. 05, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was billed as the “biggest ever economic development project” in north Michigan when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022 welcomed a Chinese lithium-ion battery company’s plan to build a $2.36 billion factory and bring a couple thousand jobs to Big Rapids. But...

US lawmakers accuse Olympic leaders of blackmail over their fight with IOC, World Anti-Doping Agency

Jul. 30, 2024 14:10 PM EDT

Instead of reexamining a drug-fighting law Olympic leaders don't like, a bipartisan group in Congress is proposing a new bill that would hold back funding for the World Anti-Doping Agency if it doesn't do its job better. One Republican and one Democrat from both the Senate and the...