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Sherman: India Agreed to Help US to Compete Against China


Thu 07 Oct 2021 | 12:30 PM
Ahmed Emam

US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman insisted on Wednesday that the US and Indian leaders are ready to fight against China as allies in the current international economic warfare, affirming that China's economic coercion against some nations could hamper efforts to build a strong international economy.

In her address at the US India Business Council along with India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Sherman said: “We do ask that countries understand that economic coercion is not the way forward to build a strong international economy and global prosperity and security."

Commenting on China, she said: “ Together, We are actually ready to compete and compete vigorously, but we want a level playing field and you heard U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai talked about this."

It's worth mentioning that in the recent dispute between the United States and China over who gets to shape the world in the coming century, America seems to be playing to win. However, it’s running into a big dilemma. Despite the fact that the global network of alliances Washington has built up, it’s been unable to convince those partners to hop aboard the “great-power-competition” express and leave China behind.