WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Katie Britt (R-AL) led their colleagues in introducing the Fighting Trade Cheats Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade law enforcement and empower American manufacturers to take action against bad actors that engage in customs fraud.

The bill takes aim at companies that dump foreign-made goods into the United States and would allow private companies to sue foreign producers that harm American companies. By allowing private companies harmed by trade cheats to use their own resources to fight back, the bill would help address customs fraud and protect American workers and American jobs. In addition to Senators ...