China-focused House committee to continue in new US Congress

7/1/2025 5:53

The U.S. House of Representatives' bipartisan select committee focused on China will continue in the new Congress, the panel's leaders said on Monday, reflecting the desire of both Republicans and Democrats to counter Beijing.



The panel, led by Republicans since its creation in 2023, aims to highlight what lawmakers see as a sweeping set of security and economic challenges posed by the United States' top geopolitical rival.



Its renewal in the new Congress comes ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration for a second term on Jan. 20.



Trump has repeatedly voiced admiration for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but his first term, from 2017-2021, resulted in a trade war with China that uprooted global supply chains and hurt almost every economy as inflation and borrowing costs shot up.