The China and Indo-Pacific Economic Statecraft Initiative

Intersections is a CNA limited-series news digest describing the interplay between the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) technology acquisitions efforts and the emerging and critical technology risks for the US defense industrial base posed by the PRC’s actions.

CIP’s Economic Statecraft Initiative (ESI) analyzes and tracks China's efforts to use economic resources to exert influence overseas in pursuit of its national objectives. ESI supports US national security leaders and organizations' understanding of the national security implications of the PRC's economic statecraft activities for the United States.

Research and analysis includes:

Analytic support to investment screening

Examination of emerging PRC laws, economic policies, and regulations

Development of workshops and training sessions on the tactics and techniques PRC actors use to acquire technology and circumvent US regulations

China has successfully obtained foreign defense technologies using a range of legal economic tools. Obtaining these technologies advances China’s national security goals, and undermines the security and commercial interests of the United States and its allies.

China's national security laws: implications beyond borders

Recently passed national security laws in the People’s Republic of China could pose risks for foreign governments, companies, and individuals in China and abroad.

Economic Statecraft: How China Legally Accesses Foreign Technologies to Build Military Capabilities

This report provides an overview of the legal economic tools that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) uses to obtain foreign technology and build capabilities in support of China’s national security objectives.

PRC Laws, Policies, and Regulations: Implications for Commercial, Economic, and National Security Interests

The People's Republic of China uses national security laws to assert its interests, including modernizing China's military and controlling critical technology.

The People's Republic of China Uses Diverse Tools to Access Foreign Technology and Critical Infrastructure

CNA illustrates the different tools used by the People's Republic of China to access foreign technology and infrastructure.

China's Defense Exports: Small Volume, but Room for Growth

China is a niche supplier of weapons systems, but has the capacity to expand its arms exports should it choose to do so.

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