Truss Warns West Is Too Soft on Beijing, Calls for ‘Economic NATO’

BRISBANE, Australia—Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has warned democratic governments have been far too soft on the Chinese Communist Party, which she says is “actively seeking to undermine” overseas societies. Truss made the comments to The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 5. The former British leader said the most effective way to challenge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in the economic realm. “I’ve called for the idea of an ‘economic NATO,’ where countries like the U.S., the UK, and Australia work together to have a common economic policy towards China, to stop China undermining our industry, to stop exporting any technology that could be used against us. I think we need to get much tougher,” the former leader said....