US Imports From China Drop
Direct U.S. imports of unwrought indium and indium powders from China fell sharply from 2024 to 2025, the year Beijing imposed its indium-related export controls.
History tells us that when powerful states begin constructing legal and political justifications for actions beyond their borders, we should pay attention.
China has given us another reason to do exactly that.
“They've stolen every good idea that we have and used it to their own devices, which has brought them to the challenging position they are for the United States,” he said.
For instance, China holds more than a 90 percent market share of key products ranging from basic pharmaceutical inputs to metals and minerals used in high-tech component manufacturing.
In April 2024, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a report saying that Beijing was directly subsidizing the manufacture of illegal opioid analogues used by traffickers to make the drug outside of China.
-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on "Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?" from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. ET on June 15.
And, in fact, what the world expects of us,” Ms. Raimondo said ahead of the meeting. “It’s a complicated relationship. It’s a challenging relationship.
The China Forum was founded to help Americans understand the nature of China, the Chinese Communist Party, and key issues in U.S.–China relations.
Agenda:
9 a.m.—9:15 a.m. ET
Opening Remarks: Amb.
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US Reaffirms Commitment to Indo-Pacific Region
DOJ Sues Energy Executive for Evading Tariffs
Lawmakers Ask for Briefing From AT&T Over China Breach
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Chinese military writings have separately discussed using civilian vessels for intelligence collection.
A 2025 report by the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S.
Chinauses a more state-controlled approach supported by government agencies and national plans.
“Chinauses intellectual property as a tool of industrial policy which is incorporated in five-year plans,” Cohen said.
China could use the South China Sea to gauge the U.S. response to its allies as the communist regime extends its military expansion in the waterway, which is vital to the global economy, according to experts.
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Taiwan had similar incidents in the past, which is why it now bans the use of many information technology products from mainland China, Shen said.
"It's part of wanting to try to open up a dialogue between the U.S. and China. And I personally think it's important that you do that," Smith told NBC News in an interview.
"Merely talking with China is not endorsing everything that they do.
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Chinese, European Carmakers Partner
-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach from 9:30 a.m. ET on May 4 in 3 panels.