Inside Trade

September 19, 2025

White House supply chain review says trade laws must be updated to better combat China’s practices

By Dan Dupont  / December 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
U.S. trade law is outdated and insufficient to respond to China’s non-market practices, the White House contends in its first-ever “Quadrennial Supply Chain Review,” suggesting a slew of upgrades and new tools for the next administration and the new Congress to consider. In the 383-page report , released on Thursday, the White House touts four years of efforts to shore up supply chains, including through massive investments in infrastructure and industry as well as internal moves to improve monitoring and...

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