Drawing the Line | Not 'an anti-China coalition'? Quad's actual agenda suggests otherwise

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently said that the Quad, formally known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is not "an anti-China coalition," while a joint statement from the four-nation group – the United States, Japan, India and Australia – expressed grave concerns over what they called "economic coercion," "arbitrary export restrictions" and "overcapacity."

While the statement avoided naming China directly, the target is unmistakable.

The Quad's nature is not defined by how Washington spins it, but by what it does in practice.