https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1378-1.html
Recommendations
- Draw on capabilities across the elements of U.S. national power and build international consensus in formulating strategies to compete with China.
- Shore up U.S. domestic capabilities, and use tax incentives and other federal programs to diversify supply chains.
- Invest in military innovation and partnerships, which can allow the United States to take greater risks in competing with China.
- Sign on to treaties that enforce current norms and standards and join alliances to strengthen trade relationships, taking the lead on committees and commissions in policy areas that are of interest to China.
- Exercise leadership in cyberspace, bringing it under international laws of armed conflict and encouraging the adoption of standards that prioritize security.
- Actively counter economic practices that give China an outsized advantage.
- To enhance trust, promote an image of the United States that is cooperative, generous, protective of partners, and supportive of press freedom.
- Pursue development financing initiatives and offer carefully monitored incentives to encourage investment in countries that are vulnerable to Chinese economic coercion.
- Build partnerships, coalitions, and security cooperation arrangements that provide alternatives to alignment with China; this should include relationships with Chinese diaspora communities in the United States and elsewhere.
- Expand the organizational infrastructure to publicly disseminate messages of condemnation and discredit Chinese propaganda and coercion through a coordinated, centralized mechanism; credible messages should be backed by a comprehensive understanding of China's activities.
