On his way out, Portman calls for more in-depth analyses of U.S.-China trade

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), just days from retirement, on Thursday introduced a bill that would direct the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to regularly submit to Congress detailed reports on trade between the U.S. and China. Portman, a former USTR who did not run for re-election this cycle, said in a statement on his proposed “ China Strategic Assessment Act ” that the U.S. should “let data, rather than emotion, drive our debate about trade...