A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators will reintroduce legislation Thursday that would allow the government to sanction Chinese individuals and groups involved in Beijing’s activity in the South and East China Seas.
China’s claims in the South China Sea—which is has enforced by building a network of military bases on shoals and reefs—overlap with those of Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia; all members of ASEAN. The waters contain rich fishing grounds, vital shipping routes and potentially lucrative natural resources.
Rubio told the Post that the bill “strengthens efforts by the U.S. and our allies to counter Beijing’s illegal and dangerous militarisation of disputed territory that it has seized in the South China Sea.” The bill was first brought forward in 2017, but got stuck in the Foreign Relations Committee and never made it to a vote in the Senate. Current strained relations with China and two more years of Chinese militarization in the South China Sea, however, may give the proposal a shot in the arm. The chair of the committee has also since passed to Senator James Risch, who has made oversight of China a key element of his tenure thus far.
Last week, U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports took hold, increasing duties from 10 percent to 25 percent. Trump also ordered U.S.Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China, valued at around $300 billion.
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