Richard McGregor writes for the Australian Financial Review that Australia has received more back-up from Washington than other regional allies did in spats with Beijing. But, he writes, it’s not going to help in what will be a long-term trade chill with China. The article quotes from published USSC research on geoeconomic strategy.
Defence8 October 2021
Why the US alliance doesn’t do trade wars
![australia-china.jpg](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ooh1fq7e/production/fb06c56835fc5bab85c896655e0ea2480185edbf-1496x841.jpg/australia-china.jpg?rect=1,0,1495,841&w=320&h=180&fit=min&auto=format)