Melanie Hart, Senior Advisor for China and the Indo-Pacific at the Office of the Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, spoke to the Atlantic Council about the role of PRC-linked companies in China’s economic coercion, with a focus on critical infrastructure and logistics networks.

"Xi Jinping has said publicly that his aim is to use...the tools that the party state has to force other nations into becoming dependent on the PRC for their critical supply chains," she said. "From a US government perspective, we view it as undermining our foreign policy and national security interests."

For more information, visit: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/investigating-chinas-economic-coercion/

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 11/06/23