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The US pushback against economic coercion by China
America’s efforts for a united front at the G-7 level and new powers for the President at home come as it looks for new weapons on the trade and investment front against China.
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The new ammunition that the US is adding in its trade and investment confrontation with China could mean a less friendly world for open trade and investment.
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WASHINGTON When China banned imports of pineapples from Taiwan in 2021 in an oblique sign of displeasure, the resistance was swift but improvised, with American and Canadian officials posting pictures of “freedom pineapples” on social media in solidarity.
A year later, pro-Taiwan Japanese fish farmers said they would import more of the island’s seafood, cheekily rebranded as “democracy fish”, after a similar ban by Beijing.
