The American Council has a group of eight -person groups to help allies to respond to

(Bloomberg, Washington) The US State Department established a full -time group to help with affected countries when responding to political disputes in China with economic and trade methods.

According to Bloomberg, the eight -person team was established after Lithuania was revealed by Beijing in 2021 due to allowing Taiwan to set up a representative office.At that time, the United States provided Lithuania with a series of assistance such as trade financing, procurement transactions and market access.Since then, more than 10 Asia, Africa, Latin America and European countries have consulted the United States how to prevent or alleviate economic pressure from China.

Jose Fernandez, deputy Secretary of State, is responsible for economic growth, energy and environmental affairs, told Bloomberg: "Many countries come here,‘ we want the treatment like Lithuania ’.

The State Council team is led by Milanie Hart, a Chinese policy coordinator at the Fernandez's office, and the informal name is "The FIRM". The operation method is like a consulting company.The team's economists will first analyze what the "customer" is subject to China in which trade areas, and then find ways to achieve a diversified export market for them.The team will also conduct sand table deductions to study different reactions to Beijing.

At present, the United States is increasingly seeking economic and trade instruments to deal with competition with China, including sanctions, tariffs, export controls, promoting "friendly bank outsourcing", and strengthening the review of investment and data flow.China has also accused Washington of the implementation of economic coercion.

Affected by internal political division, the United States often cannot open the domestic market to a friendly country through new trade agreements.Deborah Elms, the founder of Singapore Asia Trade Center, said: "This is a challenge for the United States because it has no offensive trade agenda. In terms of economy, Washington has not provided much to existing or potential partners."

The establishment of a full -time team is precisely because the United States realized that he did not provide sufficient assistance when facing China's economic stress in South Korea and Australia.Fernandist said frankly that such criticisms were "fair", "we have already seen the same clip, it is time to stop."