Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Oct 27, 2020
Decoupling serves neither China nor the United States. Instead, it would impose grave economic costs on both countries at best and threatens a calamitous military clash at worst.
Tao Wenzhao, Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Fellow, CASS Institute of American Studies
Sep 16, 2020
Innovation and further opening-up are the antidote to technological suppression by the United States. The difficulties it imposes are real, but they are temporary and surmountable. They only inspire us.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Aug 21, 2020
“Decoupling” is central to the geopolitical duel between the United States and China. Conceived and promoted by hawks in US President Donald Trump’s administration, this strategy has now become America’s principal tool to weaken Chinese power.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
May 20, 2020
New regulations that require heightened scrutiny of Chinese investors in the name of national security only add to the risks Chinese enterprises face when investing overseas and nudge decoupling forward.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Apr 16, 2020
The coronavirus demonstrates the need for broader cooperation between China and the U.S. Now is not the time to decouple the bilateral relationship.
Ma Xiaoye, Board Member and Founding Director, Academy for World Watch
Mar 27, 2020
Long before the coronavirus outbreak, the number-crunchers were at work modeling various possibilities for shifting supply-chains. The epidemic has provided a preview of just how bad things can get.
Zhao Minghao, Professor, Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, and China Forum Expert
Jan 07, 2020
There is an alternative for resolving the China-U.S. puzzle that goes beyond the simple binary choice of “deep integration” or “decoupling.” But the two sides must want to discover it.
Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Jan 07, 2020
Concerns of China and the United States over science and technology can be resolved by the international community. Avoiding the huge cost of decoupling should be a top consideration.
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor and Director of China Policy Program at George Washington University, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Dec 06, 2019
As U.S.-China trade tensions mount, “decoupling” must be understood broadly. It occurs in many areas, at different speeds and with unique consequences.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Dec 06, 2019
America’s allies are reluctant to support a move as drastic as a total split with China.