Washington: Two US senators introduced a bipartisan package of four bills aimed at tightening export controls, tracking China’s artificial intelligence capabilities and protecting American technology from foreign espionage. Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said the legislation would close loopholes that foreign adversaries, including China, could exploit. The China AI Power Report Act would require the secretaries of commerce and state to submit an annual assessment of China’s advanced AI capabilities. The assessment would examine China’s AI chips, semiconductor factories, manufacturing equipment, data centres, computing capacity, models, research programmes and humanoid robots. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved its version of the China AI Power Report Act by a 47-0 vote on Jan. 21, 2026.