Economic coercion requires a unified response

Economic coercion by both the USA and China weaponises trade so middle powers such as Australia should call out coercion wherever it originates, reinforce the rules and invest in resilience so we can prosper.

How economic allies helped Australia evade China’s blockade

China’s campaign of economic coercion against Australia failed because of support from other Asian trading partners who turned to Australia to secure their energy supplies.

Building resilience to economic coercion in the Pacific

Economic rather than military might pose the gravest threat to the Indo-Pacific island states as China’s President Xi Jinping is aggressively using China’s growing economic power to achieve secure his strategic aims.

The risks of economic coercion

China’s attempts to bully Australia and other nations through trade bans could back-fire.