# VOA Focus: US Congress Holds Hearing Calling for Jimmy Lai’s Release Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting

https://mins.news/en/video/61645

- VOA Chinese, 2026-09-16 20:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1tzr4msrw

> The program highlights a planned meeting between US Treasury Secretary Bessent and He Lifeng to finalize economic and trade outcomes for the Trump-Xi meeting, the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years, and a congressional hearing urging Jimmy Lai’s release ahead of Xi Jinping’s US visit. It also covers a Russia sanctions vote and new Saudi-Houthi airstrikes in Yemen.

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