US lawmaker backs tariffs, calls for changing China’s trade status

FILE - An aerial view shows containers at the port in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, Feb. 4, 2025. Republican US Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin appears in an undated handout photo provided Oct. 11, 2022.

Calls to revoke China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status have grown louder in recent months.