Economic Coercion
Suppressing Dissent
Economic coercion weaponizes trade dependencies to suppress dissent by deterring governments from harboring critics or allowing independent reporting, with China as the most systematic practitioner and the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument representing the primary institutional response.
Economic coercion weaponizes trade dependencies to suppress dissent by deterring governments from harboring critics or allowing independent reporting, with China as the most systematic practitioner and the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument representing the primary institutional response.
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Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Economic {Coercion}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/economic-coercion.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Economic Coercion,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/economic-coercion.html.