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Shortly after Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up talks with the Chinese, he attended North Atlantic Council (NAC) ministerial-level meetings at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. As Robin Emmott from Reuters reports on the meetings, Blinken took a much different tone with America’s NATO allies. The secretary of state said, “The United States won’t force allies into an ‘us-or-them’ choice with China.” Therein lies the real problem. Left unchecked as China is now, NATO will have to choose.
Secretary Blinken made clear that he was in Brussels to get buy-in from NATO allies to join in a united front against China’s hegemonic ambitions. Blinken first built the case that China was a problem not just for the U.S. but also for all U.S. friends and allies. Following one of the meetings, Blinken explained, “There’s no question that China’s coercive behavior threatens our collective security and prosperity …” Additionally, Blinken “accused Beijing of undermining the international trading order that the United States and its allies built after World War Two.”
To rally the NATO partners, Blinken laid out the challenge NATO faces with China. As Emmott reports, the secretary said,
“’They are actively working to undercut the rules of the international system and the values we and our allies share,’ Blinken said of China, standing by the 30 flags of the NATO alliance. ‘If we work together to make real our positive vision for the international order … we’re confident that we can outcompete China on any playing field,’ he said.”
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