News Analysis The Biden administration embodies the weakness of anemic diplomacy against Beijing’s continued predatory trade practices. Biden has been treading water on Beijing’s predatory trade practices, as illustrated by his trade representative’s recent public comments. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai recently said, across several meetings, that she does not want to inflame the “competition” with China, is looking forward to engaging with her Chinese counterparts, and that American concessions, in the form of more tariff exclusions, are on the table. In other words, Biden is holding out the carrot of appeasement to get Beijing back to the bargaining table, where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is strongest. The CCP is so strong, in fact, that it hasn’t even deigned to agree to a meeting yet, despite that it typically welcomes the “take-and-talk” game, where American politicians appear to make progress through talks, while Beijing changes facts on the ground …