GOP senators urge Greer, Bessent to address ‘flood’ of illegal Chinese e-cigarettes into the U.S.

GOP senators urge Greer, Bessent to address ‘flood’ of illegal Chinese e-cigarettes into the U.S.

Illegal Chinese e-cigarette exports risk undermining U.S. economic interests and funding foreign money laundering schemes, a group of 16 GOP senators told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer this week, urging them to take action to curb their flow into the U.S. In a Feb. 3 letter led by Senate Finance Committee members Steve Daines (R-MT) and Tim Scott (R-NC), the senators warn of what they call the “gro…