US and EU Should Enhance Joint Economic Countermeasures Against China
The American and European economies are together unbeatable
Secretary of State Antony Blinken (3rd left), Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (2nd left), and Trade Representative Katherine Tai (right) meet with European Union commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis (right) and Margrethe Vestager for a virtual roundtable with stakeholders as part of the inaugural US-EU Trade and Technology Council in Pittsburgh, Penn., on Sept. 29, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
The European Union is finally marshaling its massive economic force to hit back at Beijing. Meanwhile, America is waiting in the wings to join the Europeans in making their two massive economies—each of which rivals China alone—unbeatable in pressuring Beijing to improve its human rights, or even democratize.
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
