Thank you to the witnesses for being here this evening. My questions are for all of you.
I would like to pick up on what you said about our dependence on China. Many people think it will be difficult to let go of our economic ties with China, and that it could even damage our economy and the thousands of companies that do business with China.
In your opinion, how can those concerns be managed? How can we explain to all those people that the Indo-Pacific strategy can help a great deal in reducing our dependency on China? Further, should we continue doing business with China in various sectors of our economy, even in the years ahead after our Indo-Pacific strategy is implemented?