The US should eliminate tariffs on non-strategic Chinese consumer goods

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American workers would be unable to take jobs vacated by deported immigrants because the wages would not cover their cost of living

Minimum wages should rise automatically with the cost of living

U.S. AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI claimed that Chinese AI firms, including Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek, essentially copied their AI models.

White House tech lead Michael Kratsios wrote in an internal memo in 2026 that malicious exploitation of American AI firms had been occurring primarily by competitor firms in China.

In December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission banned imports of all new Chinese drone models and consumer internet routers.

In July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission voted to prohibit U.S. sales of devices containing key hardware from Chinese firms deemed national security risks.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that using DeepSeek may result in the transfer of sensitive data belonging to U.S. government employees or vendors to the Chinese government.

The Federal Communications Commission scheduled an October 29, 2026 vote on barring all Chinese laboratories from testing electronic devices for the U.S. market, where 82% were tested in 2025.

Law firms are actively recruiting government attorneys with expertise in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States due to rising geopolitical tensions and cross-border artificial intelligence investments.

Countries should impose tariffs on imports produced with weaker labor protections

Broad tariffs do more harm than good to the US economy

The Canada tariff conflict weakens a relationship essential to North American economic security

Donald Trump bears responsibility for Michigan’s tariff-related economic losses

Mike Rogers’s tariff opposition gives Michigan manufacturers a credible voice in Republican trade policy

The federal government should compensate border states for losses caused by tariffs on Canadian goods

President Donald Trump and task force leaders emphasized that the United States must charge forward on artificial intelligence development to maintain its lead over China.

President Donald Trump rejected joint artificial intelligence development ventures with China, stating that doing so would give away critical secrets that China wants.

The U.S. government is seeking to denaturalize Jinchao Wei, a Chinese-born former U.S. Navy sailor convicted in 2025 of conspiracy to commit espionage and unlawfully exporting technical defense data

The Justice Department is seeking to revoke the citizenship of Ping Li, who pleaded guilty in 2024 to acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government

Wanying Zhang attended Beijing's University of International Relations, graduating around 2014, which the FBI states is closely affiliated with China's intelligence apparatus