The movement to eliminate the free trade perks China enjoys in the U.S. is gaining steam under Republican control of government.

Republican senators have introduced a bill that would ban Chinese citizens from purchasing any land in the United States. Arkansas' Tom Cotton, Alabama's Katie Britt, and North Dakota's Kevin Cramer introduced the Not One More Inch or Acre Act on Wednesday.

US Senator Tom Cotton has criticised China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, highlighting its detrimental impact on both the US economy and national security. In a post shared on X, Senator Cotton stated,

GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge

The bill would “suspend normal trade relations” with China and increase tariffs on all Chinese exports to the United States to at least 35 percent.

The Republican chairs of Congress' two intelligence committees think the best option for TikTok's future is for its China-based parent company to sell its stake in the social media platform, dissolving national security concerns and worries the Chinese government could access Americans' data.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), one of the biggest China hawks in the GOP, disputed Donald Trump's goal of allowing the platform to remain online and extend the deadline for the sale.

Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.

Sen. Tom Cotton urges action on TikTok, citing national security risks and its harmful impact on American youth.

TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which many Republicans, including Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, have decried as having “significant ties to the Chinese Communist Party.” No critic has been louder than Tom Cotton, who says TikTok is “a Chinese Communist spy app” that “ endangers our national security and poisons our children .”

Tom's statement came as part of a broader effort to hold China accountable for its aggressive economic and geopolitical tactics. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on ...

The complementary House and Senate bills would also strip the superpower of the tariff and de minimis benefits it has enjoyed as a "most favored nation."