Sec. 4. Statement of policy on Indo-Pacific and China strategy
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It shall be the policy of the United States: To preserve and enhance a free, open, inclusive, stable, and diversified Indo-Pacific in which countries pursue their objectives peacefully and in accordance with international law and shared norms and principles, including— the peaceful resolution of disputes; an open economic order that promotes strong, sustainable, balanced, and equitable growth through a level, competitive playing field; and a diplomatic and political order that promotes peace and human dignity, based on the rule of law and respect for human rights.
To strengthen cooperation among our partners in the region, leveraging their significant and growing capabilities to build a network of like-minded states that sustains and strengthens a rules-based regional order and addresses regional and global challenges. To recognize and respond to the differences between the United States and the People’s Republic of China and the geopolitical, strategic, economic, technological, and normative challenge that the Government of China, under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, poses to the United States and to the global community, as well as to the opportunities that exist to engage cooperatively with a China that is peaceful, stable, prosperous, and a responsible player in international affairs, with economic policies consistent with a rules-based level playing field and its international obligations.