Moolenaar bill would create State office to fight coercion, compete with China

A new bill proposed by the chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party would reorganize the State Department to better compete against China, creating a deputy secretary for economic security position to handle all of the agency’s efforts to combat economic coercion, enforce sanctions and manage trade policy, export controls, supply chain security and foreign assistance. “The bill would streamline the State Department’s efforts to advance U.S. economic security interests, particularly as adversaries like China pose...