Senators call for sweeping threat analysis of economic integration with China

A bipartisan group of senators is backing a new bill that would direct the president to conduct a “comprehensive threat analysis” of all national security risks posed by economic integration with China in key areas like artificial intelligence and critical minerals. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Senate Finance trade subcommittee ranking member John Cornyn (R-TX) and Finance panel members James Lankford (R-OK), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the “ American Economic Independence Act ”...