U.S.-China Trade Relations and Challenges: Past, Present, and Future

September 2018

Past Event

U.S.-China Trade Relations and Challenges: Past, Present, and Future

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

September 26, 2018

Workers unloading bags of chemicals at a port in Zhangjiagang in China's eastern Jiangsu province, August 7, 2018

September 2018

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Huiyao Wang

President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and former official in the Ministry of Commerce of China

Dr. Miao Lu

Vice President, Center for China and Globalization

Dr. Heiwai Tang

Associate Professor, International Economics, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Dr. Wenshan Jia

Senior Non-resident Fellow, Center for China and Globalization; Professor of Journalism, Renmin University of China

Ambassador Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director, South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute

In light of the escalating trade war with China, Hudson Institute hosted a symposium regarding recent U.S. and Chinese tariffs and possible solutions to the mounting bilateral trade tensions. The event considered ideas from both Chinese and American think tank experts regarding the most recent round of tariffs and the lessons that can be learned from the history of U.S.-China relations. The Center for China and Globalization, China’s premiere policy research organization, introduced China’s concerns and recommended solutions to ending the present-day trade deadlock.

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