Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: A China Policy for the American People

Thursday, December 5, 2024
Reuters/Larry Downing
Speaker
Stephen A. Orlins

President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Presider
Jerome A. Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Winston Lord Roundtable Series on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy and Asia Program

Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and Jerome A. Cohen, CFR adjunct senior fellow for Asia Studies, discuss a China policy for the American people. Getting the China challenge right is a crucial task for the incoming administration. How can U.S. policies benefit the other interests of Americans while protecting our national security?

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