What Can Be Done about China?

We are in high campaign season.  The death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and the nomination of Judge Amy Covey Barrett of Indiana as her successor, have drained a lot of the oxygen about foreign policy and trade.  But those issues will not disappear. 

In a briefing sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, a key Biden advisor, Antony Blinken, answered questions about foreign and international trade policy.  As is frequently the case with the former Vice President, and with front-runners in elections past, detailed, specific statements were in short supply.  The Biden campaign obviously wants to win; many Americans don’t want to hear about the complications of dealing with China and other key issues.  They want to isolate and punish China—and they want the U.S. out of endless wars.