Joe Biden was badly wrong to suggest on May 1 that China poses no significant challenge to America. In fact, China poses the greatest challenge to U.S. security, prosperity, and international order since the Soviet Union at its peak.

But if Biden changes course, he will deserve credit. As the Washington Examiner‘s Joe Simonson reports, Biden is expected to call on Tuesday for “a united front of allies to challenge China’s abusive behavior … we need to rally more than half the world’s economy to hold China to account for their cheating. And get a chorus of voices speaking out on China’s repression.” CNN adds that Biden will also assert that “We are in a competition with China, we need to get tough.”