Zhong Wei, Professor, Beijing Normal University
Feb 28, 2017
The new US president has demonstrated his ability to act and a sense of urgency to “Make America Great Again” through a flurry of executive orders, and he will recognize that the United States and China, the two most important countries in the 21st century, can work to ensure that the American Dream and the Chinese Dream will go hand in hand with no contradiction.
Patrick Mendis, Visiting Professor of Global Affairs, National Chengchi University
Feb 16, 2017
Apart from various niches of the political and academic intelligentsia, America’s relationship with China is one that continues to be largely and mutually beneficial but misunderstood, and one that is generally swept under the carpet in favor of America’s Euro-centric view of the world.
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Xikang Chen, Professor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanyan Xiong, Associate Professor of Economics, China Southeast University
Feb 22, 2017
A more nuanced approach that includes additional perspectives shows that the true U.S. deficit may be as low as US$132.7 billion.
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at NATIXIS and Senior Fellow at Bruegel
Feb 21, 2017
While the outcome is uncertain, it is clear that Trump’s attempt to shake up current bilateral relations between the two superpowers will be a key theme for 2017 globally. We expect that China will take a wait-and-see approach, especially in front of the 19th National Congress of the CPC later this year. However, as the U.S. shies away from multilateral or regional trade agreements, such as TPP, China will quickly fill the space.
Matt Ferchen, Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Feb 07, 2017
Even before the election of Donald Trump or Xi Jinping’s debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two mutually contradictory frameworks for understanding China’s international economic and geopolitical influence, one emanating from increasingly hawkish U.S. pundits and the other from China’s top leaders, had taken shape. However, by recognizing and even embracing the complexity of China’s domestic and international political economy, new opportunities for productive engagement may replace growing strategic competition.
Barbara Hackman Franklin, 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, President and CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises
Feb 03, 2017
A trade war, such as some are predicting, harms both countries, creates uncertainty for many other countries, and is an activity that does not belong anywhere in the interconnected global world of the 21st century. I believe this will be averted. Instead, I truly believe the two presidents are pragmatic and understanding of the stakes involved, and will start a communication and negotiation process that results in wins for both countries.
Elizabeth Muller, Executive Director, Berkeley Earth
Jan 17, 2017
With the advent of the Trump administration, many environmentalists are experiencing a sense of utter depression. President-elect Trump does not appear to agree that rapid development of renewable energy is good for the economy and the odds are that he and his Republican Congress will cancel many of the programs and incentives, such as subsidies, that were meant to promote renewables.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Jan 13, 2017
Neither China nor the United States should rationally wish to see a confrontation develop with a crucial economic partner. But we should also be aware of the limits of economic links as a restraining factor. For the first time since the rapprochement that Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger orchestrated in the early 1970s, an incoming U.S. president seems to be considering translating the China-bashing rhetoric of a presidential campaign into actual policy.
Derek Scissors, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Jan 25, 2017
The full American tax reform is an enormous topic, but its impact at home is what matters, not whether the trade deficit barrows. Similarly, Beijing will respond forcefully to anything like a 35% across-the-board tariff aimed only at China. But in the case of the current BAT, China is best served by focusing on fixing its own house.
Zhou Shijian, Senior Fellow, Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations
Jan 23, 2017
China has become a vital trading partner for the US over a long period, with bilateral commerce in 2015 reaching $598.1 billion, accounting for 16% of US foreign trade. The ensuing US trade deficit with China cannot be blamed on – or controlled by –currency exchange rates, and the new administration must think more broadly as it shapes its economic policy.