California Republican Rep. Michelle Steele and Democratic Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider on Thursday gave the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) the authority to negotiate trade deals for medical goods and services with key allies. proposed a bill aimed at reducing China’s dependence on the Communist Party of China. and improve your supply chain.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of a bill aimed at ensuring Americans’ access to much-needed medical supplies and reducing reliance on the Chinese Communist Party. During the pandemic, China cut off supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment from the United States.
The bill also authorizes the USTR to negotiate trusted trade partner agreements. “These latest agreements reduce or eliminate tariffs, quotas and other barriers to boosting manufacturing within the United States and with trusted allies,” lawmakers said.
“If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it has been the impact of any part of our supply chain, particularly critical medical supplies such as pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment and medical devices. It’s that we can’t trust the Chinese Communist Party as a reliable source,” Steele told the caller before introducing them. invoice. “We are proud to introduce this common-sense law to enable the United States and our allies around the world to build strong and reliable supply chains for essential medical products. It’s hanging.” (Related: Exclusive: Rep. Steele calls on Biden to share additional coronavirus vaccine with Taiwan as China tries to cut access)
Democratic Delaware Senator Tom Carper and North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis introduced the Senate version of the bill.
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“The pandemic has caused major disruption across nearly every supply chain, and these challenges have disproportionately impacted our healthcare supply chain, from medical devices to life-saving drugs to personal protective equipment (PPE). ‘,” Tillis told Kohler. “Now is the time to address long-standing supply chain shortcomings highlighted by the pandemic, repair the damage done, and ensure America is well prepared for future national security and public health threats. is.”
“This bill will create a stronger, more strategic supply chain to protect Americans’ access to critically important medical products,” he added. (Related article: ‘We’re too dependent on China’: Cotton and Hawley call on US to regain independence from communist regimes)
The title of the bill is “Healthcare Supply Chain Resilience Act”.
