US Attorney General: China Engaging in 'Economic Blitzkrieg' Against US

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China is engaged in an “economic blitzkrieg” to supplant the United States as the world’s only superpower, Attorney General William Barr declared Thursday -- the latest in a…

China is engaged in an “economic blitzkrieg” to supplant the United States as the world’s only superpower, Attorney General William Barr declared Thursday -- the latest in a series of scathing comments about Beijing by top Trump Administration officials.

Speaking at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Barr said the U.S. response to China’s global ambitions “may prove to be the most important issue for our nation and the world in the twenty-first century.”

China uses a variety of “predatory and often unlawful tactics” to gain an advantage over the U.S., according to Barr.

“How the United States responds to this challenge will have historic implications and will determine whether the United States and its liberal democratic allies will continue to shape their own destiny or whether the CCP and its autocratic tributaries will control the future,” Barr said, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.

Among China’s alleged predatory practices Barr listed were currency manipulation, tariffs, quotas, state-led strategic investment and acquisitions, theft and forced transfer of intellectual property, state subsidies, dumping, cyberattacks, and espionage.

Beijing has long rejected many of the assertions made in Barr’s speech. China’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that Beijing will retaliate with sanctions of its own against U.S. individuals and entities. The ministry said that “Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere,” according to media reports.

American business leaders remain the “principal focus” of Chinese foreign influence operations, said the attorney general. He warned that U.S. executives who fail to disclose their relations with China could run afoul of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. FARA requires agents of foreign governments to disclose their activities and their relationship with foreign entities.

“You should be alert to how you might be used, and how your efforts…

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