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President Donald Trump's administration and China took their trade feud to an unlikely forum Tuesday, clashing at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday in a price-fixing case leveled against Chinese vitamin makers. The Trump administration is partially backing U.S. vitamin purchasers in their bid to revive a $148 million award they won in an antitrust lawsuit. China is helping defend a… Read more »

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Chinese-made smartphones that the heads of U.S. intelligence have urged Americans not to buy are being sold to servicemembers across Germany at on-base exchange facilities. The Huawei phones, which are being sold by TKS, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service concessionary and subsidiary of Vodaphone, could be used to gather sensitive information,… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement on the passing of former Rep. Al Swift: “I am very saddened to hear that Al Swift died on Friday. To me, Al started as my representative, became a mentor and then my friend. “I went to Al for advice he could offer from representing Washington state's Second District for 16 years. Having served during a time when the… Read more »

BEIJING (Reuters) - Thirty-two Chinese tourists and four North Koreans died when a bus crashed off a bridge in North Korea, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, with two Chinese nationals in critical condition. Chinese tourists make up about 80 percent of all foreign visitors to North Korea, says a South Korean think-tank, the Korea Maritime Institute, which estimates that tourism… Read more »

‘Nefarious actors' tied to China target networks of US government contractors to exploit vulnerabilities in federal information systems, report says The US government must urgently address growing threats posed by “nefarious actors” in China infiltrating American intelligence bodies and critical infrastructure systems through information technology systems and… Read more »

—Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to launch a “joint action plan” to better highlight the rapid run-up in debt associated with China's lending for international infrastructure projects. “Increasingly we see instances where [low-income countries] have borrowed excessively, and unsustainably, from large,… Read more »

Besides Wednesday's live-fire naval drill in the Taiwan Strait, the PLA has been flying fighter jets and bombers close to the self-ruled island - possible signs of a coordinated battle plan, say experts Recent patrols by China's air force in and around Taiwan appear to be part of a coordinated strike plan across different branches of Chinese military that will encompass the entire area -… Read more »

Beijing's tit-for-tat trade spat with Washington could come back to bite China when it comes to soybeans and even the grain sorghum to some extent. Analysts say China can get soybeans from South America but still won't get enough to meet its overall domestic needs. Also, there's a premium price on Brazilian beans now so U.S. supplies look more competitive to other buyers. Earlier… Read more »

Cars crawl along downtown streets in much of China every weekday, generating angry honks and late arrivals. To ease that of gridlock of some 20 years, Chinese urban metro systems keep expanding, and the capital Beijing restricts the numbers of cars on city roads during peak commute hours. China's skies have always kept relatively clear of private jets. Commercial airliners fly so… Read more »

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) spoke on the House Floor today in continued support of the Jones Act. Below is a video and transcript of his remarks: “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my continued support of American maritime jobs through enforcement of the Jones Act. “The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is more commonly known as the Jones Act, named for the primary sponsor at the… Read more »