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H.R. 1504 119th Congress House

China Trade Relations Act of 2025

Official title: To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, products of the People's Republic of C… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, products of the People's Republic of China, and to expand the eligibility requirements for products of the People's Republic of China to receive normal trade relations treatment in the future, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 21, 2025 Introduced by: Christopher H. Smith Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance AsiaChinaCongressional oversightCongressional-executive branch relations
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Human rightsLegislative rules and procedureNormal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatmentPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTrade restrictionsU.S. and foreign investments
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 21, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

China Trade Relations Act of 2025

This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment from China and expands the bases of ineligibility for this treatment to include specified violations of human rights and other actions by China.

Specifically, during any period in which China engages in specified activities (e.g., performing forced abortion or sterilization or operating concentration camps where people are held against their will) or does not comply with certain standards (1) products from China shall not be eligible to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations), (2) China may not participate in any U.S. program that extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, and (3) the President may not conclude any commercial agreement with China.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 14

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC.
    for SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION
    for FEDEX CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 2
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Ogles, Andrew
Tennessee · Feb 21, 2025
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · Feb 21, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1504: China Trade Relations Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1504/
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"H.R. 1504: China Trade Relations Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1504/.
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H.R. 1504, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1504/.
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[H.R. 1504: China Trade Relations Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1504/)
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