The Complexity of the US-China Relations
About The Event
The U.S.-China relationship is arguably the world’s most important bilateral relationship; they are the world’s two largest economies and two of the most populated countries in the world, the relationship between the two countries has an outsized effect not only on the United States and China but on the entire global community, as we have seen in recent weeks, these relations have collapsed with alarming speed. Some analysts say they are now at their worst since the two countries normalized diplomatic ties in 1979.
What would further conflict look like? Join the conversation and learn about possible scenarios like financial sanctions, travel restrictions, diplomatic ties, bans, and more.
With China turning into a key 2020 campaign issue, the downward spiral seems likely to continue.
About The Speaker
David J. Firestein is the inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations and a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. He is based in Austin, Texas. Prior to this, he was the inaugural executive director of The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) China Public Policy Center (CPPC) and a clinical professor at UT’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. As CPPC chief, Mr. Firestein led UT’s institutional engagement with China and oversaw innovative interdisciplinary research on China-related domestic and foreign policy topics.
Before joining UT, Mr. Firestein served as senior vice president and Perot Fellow at the EastWest Institute; there, he led the Institute’s work in the areas of U.S.-China relations, East Asian security, and U.S.-Russia relations.
A decorated career U.S. diplomat from 1992–2010, Mr. Firestein specialized primarily in China and U.S.-China relations. He is the author or co-author of three books on China, including two China-published Chinese-language best-sellers. Mr. Firestein speaks Chinese at the near-native level.
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