Tag: China

Senators Will Look at Legislation Banning TikTok, Other Foreign-Controlled Apps: Schumer

Senators will consider legislation aimed at increasing the Biden administration’s ability to crack down on Chinese-owned TikTok and other foreign-controlled applications, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) told reporters on May 3. Schumer made the comments during a press conference after unveiling a new Democrat proposal—dubbed “China Competition Bill 2.0“—aimed at deterring China’s communist regime from escalating conflict with Taiwan…


Senators Will Look at Legislation to Ban TikTok, Other Foreign-Controlled Apps: Schumer

Senators will consider legislation aimed at increasing the Biden administration’s ability to crack down on Chinese-owned TikTok and other foreign-controlled applications, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters on May 3. Schumer made the comments during a news conference after introducing a Democrat proposal dubbed “China Competition Bill 2.0,” which is aimed at deterring China’s communist…


DNI, DDI Directors Testify on Worldwide Threats to Senate Committee

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Scott Berrier testify on worldwide threats to the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 4. …


LIVE NOW: DNI, DDI Directors Testify on Worldwide Threats to Senate Committee

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Scott Berrier testify on worldwide threats to the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 4. …


LIVE NOW: US-China Commission Holds Hearing on ‘Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach’

U.S.-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. Co-chairs’ opening remarks: 9:30–9:40 a.m. Panel I: The CCP’s Promotion of Rule by Law (9:40–11:10 a.m.), panelists include: Moritz Rudolf, research scholar in…


LIVE 9:30 AM ET: US-China Commission Holds Hearing on ‘Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach’

U.S.-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. Co-chairs’ opening remarks: 9:30–9:40 a.m. Panel I: The CCP’s Promotion of Rule by Law (9:40–11:10 a.m.), panelists include: Moritz Rudolf, research scholar in…


US-China Commission Holds Hearing on ‘Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach’

U.S.-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. Co-chairs’ opening remarks: 9:30–9:40 a.m. Panel I: The CCP’s Promotion of Rule by Law (9:40–11:10 a.m.), panelists include: Moritz Rudolf, research scholar in…


Senate Democrats Propose New Legislation to Counter Growing Threat From China

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 3 unveiled a new Democrat proposal aimed at staving off competition from China, boosting U.S. economic investment, and deterring Beijing from escalating conflict with Taiwan. A blueprint of the proposal dubbed the “China Competition Bill 2.0,” builds off legislation signed into law last summer authorizing more than $170 billion over five years…


What Does Money Say About Recession?

Commentary Both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank should have just raised their policy rates while the recession is coming near to the brink. According to a model prediction from a ten-year less three-month tenor Treasury yield gap, the implied U.S. recession probability by yearend already stands at 65 percent, reaching the second…


Biden’s Executive Assistant Didn’t Identify Classified Docs While Packing Office: House Democrats

A May 3 Democratic memo alleges that House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) distorted comments from an interview with Joe Biden’s executive assistant, Kathy Chung, from his time as vice president, claiming that Comer “promoted false, xenophobic, and racist conspiracy theories” about Chung from her testimony to the committee last month. In addition, portions of…