[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CHINA NOT KEEPING TRADE AGREEMENTS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, in January 2020, the United States signed a 
Phase 1 trade agreement with China in which China agreed to purchase at 
least $80 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products through 2020 and 
2021. In 2020, the U.S. exported over $27 billion worth of ag products 
to China, including soybeans, corn, pork, and wheat.
  America's farmers and ranchers were eager to get back to business 
globally, and restoring our ability to be competitive in China was key 
to that. Unfortunately, China has deflected on their part of the 
agreement, thanks in part to President Biden's softness on the world 
stage.
  Now, President Biden is considering rolling back tariffs on cheap 
Chinese-made import products. Let's be clear. Rolling back these 
tariffs won't reduce inflation; it will only reward bad policy.
  Instead, the Biden administration should be rolling back the 
regulatory assault on American manufacturing and production to 
encourage innovation here on U.S. soil, as well as moving forward on 
energy production domestically.

  In the meantime, China should start pulling their weight and import 
the American products that they agreed to. Otherwise, why do we import 
so much stuff from China?
  We need to send the signal to China and others that we will not stand 
for the predatory economic policies that we are enduring and that are 
hurting American jobs and hurting the American economy.

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