Amb. Craig Allen (President of US-China Business Council), James Green (Georgetown University), Anja Manuel (Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC)

U.S.-China economic relations have grown increasingly fraught and competitive. Even amidst intensifying tensions, however, our two major economies remain intertwined. While keeping alert to national security concerns, the economic strength of the United States will depend on brokering a productive competition with China, the world’s fastest growing economy. Precipitous decoupling of trade, investment, and human talent flows between the two nations will inflict unnecessary harm to U.S. economic interests -- and those of California. Chinese trade and investments into California have grown exponentially over the last decade. But they have come under increasing pressure following geopolitical and economic tensions between the two nations, particularly in the science and technology sectors. This session will explore the role of Chinese economic activity in California in the context of the greater US-Chinese relationship.