After much anticipation, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held its inaugural hearing on February 28. Chaired by Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the bipartisan committee demonstrated a high degree of top-line consensus on concerns about the power and influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), both here in the United States and around the globe.
Given its exclusive focus on China, it is in a privileged position to move the policy debate onto more prioritized, specific, and, ultimately, impactful terrain. The increasingly negative views of China amongst the American public, shaped in no small part by Beijing’s increasingly illiberal politics at home and aggressive foreign policy abroad, mean that the committee comes into being with a clear mandate and one that it should use to find effective means to improve U.S. national competitiveness and counter those aspects of Beijing’s behavior that run counter to U.S. interests. Even where disagreements occur over China strategy, and they surely do, there are a number of key areas where there is common ground the committee can capitalize on.
Yet, while the consensus is real, there are several points the committee might consider as it looks to future hearings.
Please click here to read the full policy agenda article by Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS.
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