The Biden administration is considering imposing additional economic sanctions on Georgia in response to the country’s recent anti-democratic actions, a State Department official told a congressional panel July 23.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, asked the Biden administration July 22 to provide a briefing on its efforts to find out how parts made by U.S. companies are ending up in Iranian-made drones.
The Biden administration should seek to remove trade barriers that are making it difficult for American producers of liquor and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to export their products to India, a member of Congress said July 23.
The Biden administration opposes the House version of the FY 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, partly because it could hurt the Treasury Department's ability to implement upcoming outbound investment restrictions (see 2405080039), the White House said July 22.
Congress should get on with passing long-standing legislation on China sanctions and outbound investment, two Republican senators said during a panel discussion at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado last week.
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced legislation last week aimed at modernizing the Bureau of Industry and Security’s aging information technology systems.
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China urged the Biden administration July 17 to sanction 28 Hong Kong government officials for recent efforts to dismantle the Chinese territory's autonomy and stifle political dissent.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, urged the Commerce Department this month to make several changes to “strengthen” the Bureau of Industry and Security’s new interim rule restricting firearms exports.
If NATO considers adding Ukraine to the alliance, it should require the country to limit potential investment from China to address security concerns, according to a new report by Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., introduced a resolution last week opposing the lifting of sanctions against Cuba or the removal of Cuba from the State Department’s state sponsors of terrorism list.