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Representative Ro Khanna is leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan Saturday to bolster economic ties as the relationship between Washington and Beijing comes under fresh strain.

Across the political spectrum there seems to be a consensus that the decadeslong free flow of trade, money and technology from the U.S. to China must be fundamentally overhauled, but several lawmakers involved in the effort are confronting the difficulty of an overhaul that doesn't sever economic ties between the two countries.

Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who represents much of the Silicon Valley, said he plans trips to both China and Taiwan this year in an effort to stabilize the U.S.-Chinese trade relationship and strengthen ties to the Taiwanese semiconductor industry.

Business leaders in his district advised Khanna on the importance of going to both places, he said, adding that his tech-heavy constituency influences his perspective.

Rep. Ro Khanna will be the next chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, he told NBC News in an exclusive interview last week. Khanna, a Democrat who has been representing California's 17th Congressional District since 2017, is the first Indian American to helm the bipartisan caucus.

South Bay lawmakers, Asian American community leaders and Bay Area residents led a town hall to discuss the impact of the recent shootings in Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park (Los Angeles County) on the community's mental health.

Rep. Ro Khanna, a representative of the only Asian American majority district in the continental U.S., kicked off the packed town hall Saturday morning at San Jose City College by expressing his concerns around the spate of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the Bay Area and around the nation.

Washington : Four prominent Indian-American lawmakers -- Pramila Jayapal, Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ro Khanna -- have been appointed members of three key House panels, reflecting the growing influence of the community in US politics.

As layoffs in the tech sector in Silicon Valley continue to disproportionately hit Indian professionals, Ro Khanna, the elected Congressman for the area in California, has said the United States Congress must do all it can to help those affected.

The US will not default on its debt but the Biden administration might be forced to take unilateral action to head off a crisis, Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, offering several possible executive maneuvers.

"The question is whether it's going to come to unilateral action by the executive branch," Khanna said during a meeting with Bloomberg News reporters and editors on Monday.