US lawmakers urge multilateral approach to counter China

Name: Cooperation ‘only right choice’ for China-US relationship says Beijing after reported Trump threat
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Senate report lays out a broad range of recommendations on diplomacy, trade and technology

The report urges advanced democracies to align and ‘help set baseline standards for technology infrastructure and development’

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Jodi Xu Kleinin United States

Published: 12:44am, 19 Nov 2020Updated: 6:26am, 19 Nov 2020

US lawmakers are urging Washington and Europe to work more closely in confronting China on its political, economic and security threats.

In a report issued on Wednesday, Republicans of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the best strategy for the US to counter China with its “shifting” challenges is to partner with allies in Europe.

The approach spelled out in the report coincided with the one articulated by President-elect Joe Biden that favoured building a global coalition to force China into liberalising its economy.

The panel laid out six areas of challenges posed by China including its “malign” political influence, its influence on international organisations, its unfair trade and economic practices, advanced technologies, its overseas activities through the Belt and Road Initiative, and its growing influence in Africa.

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Cooperation ‘only right choice’ for China-US relationship says Beijing after reported Trump threat

“The United States and Europe on the one hand, and China on the other, have very different visions of what the world should look like,” the report said.