"Anti-coercion"or"Coercion"?Evaluation and Analysis of EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument
Regulation(EU)2023/2675 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries(the Anti-Coercion Instrument)serves a dual purpose of"anti-coercion"and"coercion."On the one hand,the legisla-tive background of the Anti-Coercion Instrument has gradually evolved from"anti-U.S.economic coercion"to the EU's defense of"coercion"by third countries;on the other hand,compared with the 2021 draft text,the 2023 final text expands the scope of application of the Anti-Coercion Instrument in terms of content de-sign and authorizes the Council of the EU to determine whether a behavior constitutes"economic coercion,"further clarifying the interests of the EU and reinforcing its strategic goal of promoting strategic autonomy and securing greater geopolitical interests.The entry into force of the Anti-Coercion Instrument will,to a cer-tain extent,aggravate the tendency of politicization and securitization of Sino-European economic and trade relations,increase bilateral economic and trade friction,and reduce the investment confidence of Chinese and European enterprises.In view of this,China should avoid the risk and develop countermeasures through multiple dimensions,including public opinion,diplomatic measures,and legal frameworks.
the Anti-Coercion Instrumenteconomic coercionstrategic autonomyeconomic diplomacy
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