Krishnamoorthi Statement on Labor Unions’ Petition Against China’s Unfair Trade Practices In the Maritime Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued the following statement encouraging the Biden Administration to initiate a new Section 301 investigation into China’s unfair trade practices in the shipbuilding, maritime, and logistics industry:

“We have seen how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has used unfair trade practices to dominate sectors of strategic importance, such as steel, aluminum, and critical minerals. Given the strategic importance of commercial shipbuilding to our economic and national security, dependence on the CCP creates a vulnerability that undermines our maritime capabilities. We need to shore up our critical maritime supply chains and ramp up our domestic manufacturing capacity to build resilience. The Biden Administration has been a leader in supporting domestic manufacturing and U.S. workers. I encourage the Office of the United States Trade Representative to launch a new investigation to uncover how the CCP has negatively impacted the U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry and how we can create more jobs in this critical sector here in the United States.”

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克里希纳穆尔蒂关于工会反对中国在海运供应链中不公平贸易行为请愿的声明

华盛顿特区—今天，美国众议院中美战略竞争特设委员会资深议员克里希纳穆尔蒂(Raja Krishnamoorthi) (D-IL)发表以下声明，鼓励拜登政府启动针对中国在造船、海事、物流等行业的不公平贸易行为的新的301调查：

“我们已经看到中国共产党如何利用不公平的贸易行为来主导钢铁、铝和关键矿产等具有战略重要性的行业。鉴于商业造船对我们的经济和国家安全的战略重要性，对中共的依赖造成了削弱我们海事能力的脆弱性。我们需要支撑我们关键的海运供应链并提高我们的国内制造能力以增强抵御能力。拜登政府一直是支持国内制造业和美国工人的领导者。我鼓励美国贸易代表办公室启动一项新的调查，以揭示中共如何对美国商业造船业产生负面影响，以及我们如何在美国这个关键领域创造更多就业机会。”