Amidst an accelerating trade war with China, a Senate hearing was held on July 24 to examine the economic coercion employed by the Chinese Communist Party and what the United States should do to fight back.
In remarks opening “The China Challenge: Economic Coercion as Statecraft,” Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, explained the background for the hearing: “According to the national security strategy for decades, U.S. policy was rooted in the belief that support for China’s rise and for its integration into the post-war international order would liberalize China. Contrary to our hopes, China expanded its power at the expense of the sovereignty of others.”
