Biden, as President, Will Shift U.S. Toolkit on China

President-elect Joe Biden will attain Washington’s complicated, contemporary attitude toward China, however with an means that relies more on rigidity from U.S. allies, sanctions and other tools to shape Beijing’s habits, in step with Biden advisers and China consultants.

Mr. Biden has signaled he would ratchet up rigidity over China’s human- rights file, sideline President Trump’s “phase one” alternate agreement and employ leverage from other U.S. companions—presumably including Taiwan—to notion to rein in Beijing’s actions within the device and restrict drawl-led…