Ep. 59 | China's Weaponization of Trade

In recent years, China has increasingly used economic bullying in attempts to obtain concessions from other governments and the private sector. In a new book, China’s Weaponization of Trade: Resistance Through Collective Resilience, Vandenberg Advisory Board member Victor Cha, along with his coauthors Ellen Kim and Andy Lim, discusses China’s economic coercion and outlines a strategy for how countries led by the United States can more effectively counter China's coercive efforts. Victor Cha, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Vandenberg Senior Policy Director Corban Teague to break down how the United States can better identify and counter China’s malign practices.

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/chinas-weaponization-of-trade/9780231564205/

(0:58) The Origins of the Book

(2:35) Defining China’s Economic Coercion

(5:46) CCP Ideology and Economic Coercion

(8:41) U.S. “Blind Spots”

(11:35) Lithuania and Norway as Case Studies

(18:28) Collective Resilience

(24:04) Forging a Coalition for Collective Resilience (G7+2)

(28:57) Does the G7 Have the Requisite Political Will?

(34:05) The Long-Term Goal of Collective Resilience

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