President Trump’s team will “oppose” China’s effort to dominate the Indo-Pacific through a model of “partnership economics” offered as an alternative to the Communist power’s predatory lending to its neighbors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged Monday.

“The great theme of our engagement is this: Where America goes, we seek partnership, not domination,” Pompeo said at a Chamber of Commerce event devoted to the region. “The United States of America does not invest for political influence, but rather practices partnership economics.”