U.S. envoy to Japan proposes NATO-like economic group to repel China

The United States and its allies should form a coalition that can be a sort of NATO to counter China's economic coercion with a unified stance, Washington's envoy to Japan said in an opinion piece published Wednesday.U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in an article for The Wall Street Journal that the administration of President Joe Biden has succeeded in expanding multilateral security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region and now is the time to consider adding new economic measures against China.One idea could be such a trade-defense coalition, Emanuel said, and for that to be e…READ FULL ARTICLE