Cotton Asks USTR About New Section 301 Investigation Against China
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., reacting to a report in Inside U.S. Trade that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative decided not to launch a new Section 301 investigation on China yet, sent a letter March 15 to USTR Katherine…
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Tai asking whether the report is accurate and if so, why. A USTR spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment on the letter. Cotton wrote that the Chinese Communist Party "has shown nothing but malice towards this nation and should be shown no leniency in our response to its economic aggression. For this reason, I am deeply disappointed to learn that USTR is not pursuing an expansive set of Section 301 investigations into China’s anti-competitive and illegal trade practices."