The chairman of the House Select Committee on China introduced a bill this week to instruct U.S. national security agencies to review humanoid and quadruped robots made by China and other adversary countries to see if they should be placed by the Federal Communications Commission on its covered list.

A bill that would require the administration to impose at least 500% tariffs on goods imported from Russia passed the House of Representatives on the evening of June 4. The U.S. imported almost $3.8 billion worth of goods from Russia last year, up from $3 billion in 2024. Fertilizers are the top import, at about $1.8 billion.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, one of the leading Republicans for efforts to use economic statecraft to bring the invasion of Ukraine to an end, asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the agency's existing sanctions waiver for loaded Russian oil (see 2605180047) benefited Russia's ability to prosecute its war.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was confronted by Ways and Means Democrats on tariffs, inflation and refunds of the tariffs that the Supreme Court threw out, in a more-than-four-hour hearing.

The Trump administration continues to give lawmakers feedback on a long-pending bill that would impose additional sanctions on Russia and new tariffs on countries that buy its oil and gas, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said June 3.

Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., this week called for stronger North American trade and a 100% tariff against Chinese cars.

The House Judiciary Committee passed The Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act, co-sponsored by the leaders of the House Select Committee on China.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair James Risch, R-Idaho, told his members and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he and Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, have a plan to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment.

Eight Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Jim Banks, asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to create stronger protections for American automakers "from China’s efforts to gain market share within the North American auto industry."

A bill was introduced this week that would ask the administration to investigate DeepSeek, Unitree Robotics, BrainCo, Game Science, DEEP Robotics, Manycore Tech, and their subsidiaries, affiliates and other companies that have licensed their technology or have joint ventures with the firms.