Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China launched to counter China 

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China launched to counter China 

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II – International Relations

In News:

• A group of senior lawmakers from eight countries including the US have launched the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. 
• These countries are:
  • USA 
  • Germany
  • UK
  • Japan
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Members of the European parliament.
• It is a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter the threats posed by China’s growing influence to global trade, security and human rights.
• The group aims to achieve the following on issues related to China :
  • to construct appropriate and coordinated responses
  • to create a proactive and strategic approach