Faculty Emeriti Lecture 1-27-2021 by David Firestein on China Relations

David Firestein on U.S.-China Relations, 2021: Issues, Challenges and Prospects

David Firestein, inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, a former U.S. diplomat, think tank executive and university professor presents his views on prospects in Us-China Relations.

Over the last four years, the U.S.-China relationship has deteriorated dramatically, reaching a modern-era low-point by the end of 2020. As the Biden Administration takes the reins of the U.S. government, what is the current state of the U.S.-China relationship? Where are the issues currently on the agenda? What are the major disagreements? What are areas of possible collaboration? What are the near-term and longer-term prospects for the relationship?