US dependence on [+Indian IT thieves...] Chinese imports posing potential threat on national security, think tank says

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-dependence-on-chinese-imports-posing-
potential-threat-on-national-security-think-tank-says

A new report by a British think tank shows that the U.S. is strategically 
dependent on China for 414 categories of imports, of which 114 service its 
critical national infrastructure -- and in some cases, these could pose a 
national security risk.

China has steadily increased its share of many markets over the years 
under the increasingly authoritarian leadership of President Xi Jinping, 
who has made clear his ambitions for global dominance

Today, the U.S. is strategically dependent on China for antibiotics, 
including penicillin and chloramphenicol; essential batteries including 
lithium; rare earth metals and critical elements like tungsten; vitamin 
supplements and even shipping containers, as well as safety glass, 
laptops, cell phones, life jackets and anchors.

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Strategic Dependency is defined here as when "[a] country is a net 
importer of a particular good; it imports more than 50 percent of its 
supplies from China, and China controls more than 30 percent of the global 
market of that particular good," according to the report.

As China continues to bully economies, Matthew Henderson -- director of 
the Asia Studies Center at the Henry Jackson Society, and one of the 
authors of the report -- said that to turn this around requires a 
"decoupling" of the U.S. and Chinese economy and the forming of new 
partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.

“Rebooting international trade and free trade agreements and forging 
relationships with partner countries who are reliable, is how it's going 
to win this for us,” he said, adding: “President Trump and his 
administration see both sides of the picture”

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The coronavirus pandemic has also made clear the dangers of this 
dependence. Chinese control of supply lines that produce critical 
equipment such as face masks and ventilators was initially turned inward 
to help China cope, leaving other countries in short supply. This meant 
that when the outbreak peaked in China, the country stopped exporting 
these goods.

Henderson said it’s been a wake-up call to the world. “The realization is 
that the globalized world brings the enemy to our gates and even within 
them," he said. "And unless we take the steps to wake up from that 
complacency, the realization [is] that this golden era is with a 
dictatorship in China, who is setting out to destroy us.”

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The report found that not only the U.S. but also the U.K., Canada, 
Australia and New Zealand -- the so-called five eyes intelligence-sharing 
partners -- are all strategically dependent on China in a total of 831 
categories of goods -- and that unless change happens soon, it could be 
too late.

The idea of “decoupling” from China’s economy is already well-established 
and enjoys bipartisan support, and is certainly from day one something 
President Trump has focused on.



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