Best Frenemies: China, the US, and the Future of the 21st Century
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The China-US relationship appears to have arrived this year at two inter-related flashpoints, on trade and technology, as President Trump’s administration enters a trade war that has destabilized world markets and has gone to war too against China’s tech giant Huawei. What’s really at the core of the trade dispute—and just how dominant is China’s lead on next-generation 5G technology? And what are the risks to China in these high-profile, headline-grabbing tests of national economic and political will?
Speakers
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Amy CelicoPrincipal of Albright Stonebridge Group -
Mike AllenExecutive Editor of Axios -
Michael FromanPresident of strategic growth for Mastercard -
Garrett GraffExecutive Director of The Aspen Institute’s Cybersecurity and Technol... -
Elsa KaniaSenior fellow at Center for New American Security -
Jorge GuajardoFormer diplomat for Mexico
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