Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
Minxin Pei
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Abstract
The Chinese-U.S. economic relationship has become increasingly interdependent over the past 40 years, but recent U.S.-China actions have shown signs of decoupling. This paper overviews Chinese-U.S. economic ties, audit as a national security issue, and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) as a response to Chinese auditing failure. Through the lens of interdependence and simple game theory, this paper argues that the HFCAA is not a weaponization of interdependence, but is instead a game of chicken with decoupling as a potential payoff. Depending on China’s actions in the future, the HFCAA may be another indication that the lens of complex interdependence is not fit to describe the new China-U.S. relationship.
Recommended Citation
Yasukochi, Jayson, "The Games We Play: Challenging U.S.-China Interdependence with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 3065.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3065
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
