Push for new China trade war splits Congress - POLITICO

The latest recommendation from the House China Select Committee has raised alarms from agriculture and other business groups. Rep. Mike Gallagher said lawmakers “landed on” text that “at a minimum recognizes that the status quo hasn't worked.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO By MEREDITH LEE HILL and GAVIN BADE 12/13/2023 10:00 AM EST Link Copied Congress’ China hawks are meeting rare pushback in their campaign to crack down on Beijing — farm district Republicans and agriculture lobbies increasingly alarmed that Congress might just blow up American farmers’ largest export market. Lawmakers and influential agriculture lobby groups led a campaign to soften the language in a high-profile new report this week from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, prompting the panel’s leaders to pull back from an explicit call to revoke normal trade status for China — a move that would likely mean significantly higher tariffs on a wide swath of Chinese products. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis

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