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China's Biden Plan Can Be Seen in EU Trade Deal
The new U.S. administration wants to repair the global alliances Trump ravaged, but Beijing won’t make that easy.
It’s a deal!
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President-elect Joe Biden understands that the only way to counter China’s growing economic and military might is through a multilateral strategy that summons the collective power of America’s global network of allies and partners. Unfortunately, Chinese President Xi Jinping understands this, too.
Biden’s presidency is shaping up to be a race between Washington’s efforts to forge a broader, stronger counter-China coalition and Beijing’s efforts to break it.