Overview
- Reports say a five-senator group led by Steve Daines plans stops in Shanghai and Beijing next week.
- Daines has said the visit will focus on infrastructure and China’s innovation system, including a high-speed rail ride between the two cities.
- The full roster has not been released, and Daines’s office did not comment on the reported plans.
- The trip has been in the works since last year and was pushed from late March after the leaders’ summit shifted to mid-May during the Iran war.
- The visit comes as Washington increases pressure on Beijing over trade, advanced technology and China’s ties to Iran ahead of the May 14-15 meeting.