Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) and 10 other Senate Republicans urged President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to crack down on the flow of unauthorized Chinese-made vapes into the United States when the two leaders meet in Washington on Wednesday.

In the letter to Trump released ahead of his meeting with Xi, Budd argued that Beijing has the ability to stop the trade because China tightly regulates its domestic e-cigarette industry and prohibits manufacturers from exporting vaping products to countries where they are illegal.

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