China-US ties: ‘Eagle Act’ to counter Beijing introduced in Washington
- Representative Gregory Meeks introduces ‘Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act’ to boost economic competitiveness and push China on human rights
- Biden administration supports efforts to counter China, with officials repeatedly listing competition with Beijing among their greatest strategic challenges
US efforts to address competition with China progressed on Tuesday when the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee introduced sweeping legislation to boost economic competitiveness and push Beijing on human rights.
Representative Gregory Meeks introduced the “Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act,” or Eagle Act, as the US Senate separately heads towards a vote on its own legislative package seeking to counter China.
The Biden administration supports efforts to counter China, with officials repeatedly listing competition with Beijing among their greatest strategic challenges.
The 470-page bill introduced by Meeks addresses a range of issues, including increased investment to promote US manufacturing, trade, work with allies and partners, re-engagement in international organisations and recognition of the treatment of China’s Uygur Muslim minority as genocide.