Wow, they are changing their tune rapidly. :-) Or is this a new way to start a war with China now that the Russian one is 'off.??

The United States should bar Chinese state-owned enterprises from acquiring U.S. companies – takeovers that give China an unfair advantage in trade relations, according to a report released Wednesday by a congressional advisory panel.

While Chinese companies face less restricted access in the U.S., China has locked out countries from being competitive in its own country, according to the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. The lack of market access for U.S. firms has created an unbalanced trading and investment relationship with China, which is harmful to U.S. interests, the commission’s annual report maintains.

“We don’t want the U.S. government purchasing companies in the United States,” Commission Chairman Dennis Shea said. “Why do we want the Chinese communist government purchasing companies in the United States?”
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The report says unfair market practices by China, including cheap steel imports, have cost the America manufacturing jobs in the steel industry. China’s protection of its domestic manufacturers, boosted by government subsidies, has led to overcapacity in its steel, aluminum and coal production and subsequent low-cost dumping of the goods on global markets. That makes it difficult for the U.S. to compete.

The notion that the U.S. is being outsmarted by China in trade relations between the two countries was a central theme of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump said during his campaign he would take tougher stands in trade with China, mentioning imposing a tariff of 45% on imports.

Commissioner Michael Wessel said the new report “actually provides a pretty good premise for the incoming U.S. president who provides some alternate views from what we’ve been getting from the outgoing administration”

Commissioner Carolyn Bartholomew said in an interview she was encouraged that Trump raised the issue of trade with China “even if I can’t say I agree with all of his solutions.”