Tag: economic coercion

CCP Increasingly Relies on Economic Coercion to Get What It Wants, Silence Opposition, Experts Say

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increasingly relies on a range of economic tactics to silence opposition, persecute ethnic and religious minorities, and bully, coerce, and manipulate foreign powers, said panelists at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Committee on China held on Dec. 7. Although such behavior on the part of the CCP is not a…


Diversifying Trade Enriching Australian Companies: Trade Minister

Just over forty percent of Australian exporters who have diversified their trade markets are doing better financially than they were a year ago, a study has found. Australia’s International Business Survey 2021 (pdf), found that although 87 percent of exporters thought the business environment was more challenging, forty-three percent of them that had diversified to…


Ninth Australian Abattoir Suspended from Exporting to China

A ninth Australian abattoir has had its license to export to China suspended. One of the country’s largest beef companies, Australian Country Choice (ACC), based in Brisbane, was notified by federal authorities that from Oct. 18, its trade to China had been blocked. Chinese authorities supposedly detected a chemical substance used to treat bacterial infections…


Australia Lays Bare Beijing’s Coercive Trade Policy at WTO

Australian diplomats have issued a strongly worded statement criticising Beijing’s use of economic coercion and warning that its behaviour could undermine the global trading system. Australia’s ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), George Mina, released the statement as part of the global body’s regular Trade Policy Review process. It said that while increased engagement…


Canada Must Expand Strategic Partnerships to Combat China’s Coercive Diplomacy

With the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor held hostage by communist China, an expert panel says Canada must now look at widening its strategic partnerships, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to deal with what it calls Beijing’s coercive diplomacy. The group of international affairs experts came together in an Oct. 6 webinar to discuss…


Canada Must Expand Strategic Partnerships to Combat China’s Coercive Diplomacy: International Affairs Experts

With the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor held hostage by communist China, an expert panel says Canada must now look at widening its strategic partnerships, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to deal with what it calls Beijing’s coercive diplomacy. The group of international affairs experts came together in an Oct. 6 webinar to discuss…


Australia Pushes Forward With Next Phase of WTO Wine Dispute With China

Australia will push forward with the next phase of its ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute with China over punitive tariffs imposed on its wine exports to the country. Trade Minister Dan Tehan said Australia would ask the WTO to establish a dispute settlement panel to adjudicate the anti-dumping duties that were slapped on wine…


Australia Weathering China Storm: Treasurer

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has given an update on Australia’s economy, saying it has weathered Beijing’s economic coercion and is encouraging businesses to continue diversifying away from the China market. The treasurer’s comments come just days after former Prime Minister Paul Keating wrote a scathing op-ed critical of the Morrison government’s handling of bilateral ties. Frydenberg…


China’s Big Gamble on Economic Coercion Is Failing

Commentary Beijing’s economic coercion is facing push back from other countries. Recently, Lithuania refused to cave under pressure amid growing threats from the Chinese regime, and the Lithuanians’ convictions seem to have strengthened, not weakened. What is remarkable is that this is happening despite the lack of solid support from the United States and European Union in…


Beijing’s Bullying Against Australia Has ‘Failed’: Former Australian PM

Beijing’s trade war against Australia has been a “failure” that could serve as a lesson to the Chinese leadership, according to former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who noted that the key to dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was to stand firm on your values. Turnbull, along with the Labor Party’s former Prime…