China Sends Peace Envoy to Ukraine after Xi and Zelenskyy Speak: Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, marking the first time the two leaders have spoken with each other...more
Taiwan Says China Plans to Briefly Close Airspace. Taiwan’s defense minister warned that China is planning to close Taiwanese airspace for 30 minutes next week because of a falling object from a satellite launch vehicle....more
House and Senate to Push Ahead on TikTok Legislation. Coming off of a high-profile hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in which both Democrats and Republicans sharply questioned TikTok’s CEO Shou...more
On Feb. 28, 2023, the CHIPS Program Office released its first notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (“CHIPS Act”). This announcement represents the initial distribution of funds...more
House China Select Committee Holds First Hearing. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (China Select Committee) will hold its first hearing on...more
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has agreed to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA). The decision...more
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7, facing a divided Congress for the first time in his presidency. Biden opened with a show of bipartisanship, drawing cheers as he congratulated the...more
The past decade has seen a pattern shift with how the U.S. views China, and our corresponding actions have changed the U.S.-Sino relationship from competition to adversarial. The U.S. believes China has acted counter to...more
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President Biden officially launched The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) (“Framework”), the administration’s economic initiative for the region, during his visit to Tokyo on May 23. The Framework, largely...more
President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union (SOTU) address last night against the backdrop of war in Europe, persistently high inflation, a waning global pandemic and a deeply divided Congress. The scene was a...more
On Tuesday, Jan. 25, House Democrats introduced the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act (H.R.4521). In addition to the legislative text, lawmakers...more