US Lawmakers Target China Through Export, Sanctions Bills (1)

A House panel moved toward advancing four measures intended to make the US Commerce Department tougher on China, including bills that would mandate more transparency about licensing decisions and give other agencies more say in which technologies and firms are restricted.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee was on track Wednesday morning to send the items targeting Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security to the House floor for votes, which are unlikely to happen until next year.

“The system must be reformed,” committee chairman Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, said. “It lacks transparency. It is failing to protect America’s national ...