Named the main instrument of China's influence on the United States

U.S. flag with Chinese emblem in Beijing. File photoMOSCOW, June 4China is one of the world's largest holders of US government debt, so if China starts to actively get rid of US government bonds, it will have an extremely negative impact on the US economy, the head told Prime News Agency Department of Analytical Research at the Higher School of Financial Management, Mikhail Kogan. The expert noted that despite the budget deficit and large public debt, the United States retains investor interest in its government bonds, since they remain the most stable and largest economy in the world. However, recently the position of the United States has become a little more shaky, in particular, due to the effects of the pandemic, «helicopter» money and accelerating inflation, Kogan explained. and the economy was not strong,» the analyst said. In such a situation, China's sale of US government bonds will entail a chain of yu reaction in the form of further sales and a strong fall in the dollar, said Kogan. This is how the PRC can behave, in particular, in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, he believes. US debt