We are actually 4 years into the so-called commerce warfare between China and the U.S., endlessly. In 2018, the Trump administration positioned a collection of tariffs on billions’ value of Chinese language imports. China retaliated in variety. The Biden administration has stored these tariffs in place whereas increasing the listing of sanctioned Chinese language corporations. If something, commerce tensions have solely grown because the competitors for expertise dominance intensifies and each the U.S. and China search to speed up financial “decoupling” from a significant rival.

What does all this imply for the way forward for China-U.S. commerce? Is decoupling actually fascinating — and even doable? How will broader geopolitical tensions influence commerce talks (and commerce volumes) between the 2 nations?

On August 31, 2022, The Diplomat and Intellisia Institute co-hosted a webinar bringing collectively specialists from China and the USA to debate the longer term prospects of China-U.S. commerce relations.

That includes Chad P. Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow on the Peterson Institute for Worldwide Economics; Liu Luxin, an assistant professor on the Faculty of Worldwide Research, Renmin College of China; Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a fellow for worldwide political economic system on the Council on Overseas Relations; and Tu Xinquan, dean and professor of the China Institute for WTO Research of College of Worldwide Enterprise and Economics (UIBE).