MEDIA PACKAGE: Select Committee Holds Hearing “United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Select Committee on China held a hearing titled “United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies.” Witnesses included The Honorable Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan.

Watch the hearing or continue below for highlights:

Chairman Moolenaar’s opening remarks:

“For too long, we treated China’s rise as an economic opportunity detached from the party’s geopolitical ambitions… But today it’s clear: as trade between the CCP and the free world has grown, so has its appetite for economic leverage and control.”

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During the hearing, former Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Ambassador Rahm Emanuel delivered their testimonies.

“Strengthening and deepening the networks of US alliances and partners is critical to resilience and deterrence. This is as true in the economic sphere as it is in the security sphere. In this new era of post-globalisation strategic rivalry, it is critical that these tracks of national policy are aligned and integrated,” testified Morrison. “It is also true that US allies and partners must understand that in this new environment more will be required of them in these relationships, both individually and collectively, including Australia, in the years ahead.”

“We are in a strategic competition between free nations that innovate and a surveillance state that imitates; between democratic resilience and authoritarian reliance. United, coordinated, and committed, an anti-coercion coalition is the best offense and the best defense against China’s campaign of intimidation,” testified Emanuel.

Morrison’s testimony is available here. Emanuel’s testimony is available here.

Representative Gimenez (R-FL)’s remarks:

“I consider China to be basically a drug dealer. And the world is addicted to Chinese goods… We must decouple from China.”

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Representative LaHood (R-IL)’s questioning of witness Rahm Emanuel:

“They always say it’s win-win. But all roads lead to one destiny: Beijing’s advantage.”

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Representative Moran (R-TX)’s remarks:

“There seems really to be no limit on the actions the PRC will take to engage in economic coercion.”

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