U.S. Lawmakers Want to Close Back Doors That Chinese Companies Use to Circumvent Tariffs

The United States Congress. SAUL LOEB / AFP

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate is set to introduce new legislation on Monday aimed at cracking down on Chinese companies that shift production to other countries to circumvent tariffs.

The bill, if passed, would allow the Commerce Department to target specific products from individual countries that it deems are being used by Chinese companies to skirt U.S. import duties. There are also other provisions to strengthen countermeasures against Chinese dumping and language that challenges the Belt and Road Initiative more broadly.

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