Inside Trade

March 28, 2025

House lawmakers reintroduce bill to crack down on ‘trade crimes’

By Hannah Monicken  / March 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that would set up a task force in the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute “trade crimes,” legislation that was passed by the House last year. The “ Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act ,” which was passed by voice vote in December, was reintroduced on Wednesday by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) along with the leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party...

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