As highlighted in this post, Senator Marco Rubio recently introduced in the Senate a bill titled “Countering Corporate Corruption in China Act of 2022.”
In this release, Senator Rubio states that the legislation is “to modernize the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by clarifying that the definition of corrupt intent includes actions that excuse the genocide in Xinjiang, advance the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda efforts, or “invest” in core CCP activities, among other actions. The legislation would require companies engaged in suspicious behavior to demonstrate that their actions are related to their underlying business, not part of a corrupt bargain with the Chinese Government or the CCP to gain or retain market access or receive any other benefit.”
Regardless of the merits of the foreign policy objectives, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is not the place for country specific foreign policy.