The National Association of Manufacturers, a Washington-based trade group representing the U.S. manufacturing sector, has urged President Joe Biden to adopt a tough China policy to ensure a level playing field for American businesses. “For manufacturers, China has long been a hub for unfair industrial subsidies and government-fueled overcapacity in areas like steel and aluminum that distort global markets,” the group stated in a letter sent to Biden on March 17. The group added, “China continues to promote discriminatory industrial policies, forced technology transfer, and intellectual property theft that harm manufacturers and workers in the United States.” In the past decade, China’s communist regime has created large state-owned enterprises in several sectors such as aluminum, steel, and solar panels, through hefty government subsidies. At the same time, Beijing has resorted to espionage to steal U.S. trade secrets and job-recruitment programs to facilitate the transfer of technology to China—all of them …