When China became a member of the World Trade Organization twenty-two years ago, many U.S. policy makers believed it would result in greater economic and political freedoms for the Chinese people, international stability, and improved U.S.-China relations. Since then, the U.S. government has shifted its policy to counter China’s goal of replacing the United States as the global dominant power. Key to the United States’ efforts to counter China is ensuring our commercial engagement does not fuel the growth of China’s strategic industries, military modernization, or its surveillance state. The Vandenberg National Security Council (VNSC)’s Asia Directorate conducted a policy review examining a selection of Biden administration policies and Congressional initiatives over the past two years vis-a-vis the U.S.-China economic relationship and grading their progress. Advisory board members Jamieson Greer and Jacqueline Deal reviewed their findings.
The VNSC is a small group of the most promising up-and-coming experts on key foreign policy and national security issues. VNSC members work alongside the Vandenberg Coalition’s staff and senior members of the advisory board, and collaborate within and across directorates mirroring the president’s National Security Council (NSC) to develop policy proposals for America’s national security.
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