A new U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission report published on Nov. 14 identified Beijing as the leader of a network of authoritarian states that are building out capabilities to evade U.S. sanctions and export controls at an “industrial scale.”
Sanctions and export controls or restrictions are important economic tools the United States uses to discourage destabilizing behavior and encourage adherence to international norms, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
According to the report, these tools have grown more important in this age of “forever wars,” and the Chinese regime is actively finding workarounds that have the additional effect of helping it grow its influence with countries that would otherwise be isolated from the international economy….
China Leads Authoritarian Nations to Evade US Sanctions, Controls: Report
