In this episode, Elizabeth Economy, Matt Pottinger, and Evan Medeiros discuss where the US-China relationship stands at the end of the Biden administration, to the second Trump administration’s possible approach to China policy, as Trump has already promised significant increases on tariffs of Chinese imports.
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Matt Pottinger served in the Trump Administration for four years in senior roles on the National Security Council staff, including as Senior Director for Asia and Deputy National Security Advisor, where he coordinated the full spectrum of national security policy. Previously, Pottinger worked in China as a reporter for Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. He then fought in Iraq and Afghanistan as a US Marine during three combat deployments between 2007 and 2010. Following active duty, he founded and led an Asia-focused risk consultancy, ran Asia research at an investment fund in New York and is now at Garnaut Global.
Dr. Evan S. Medeiros is the Penner Family Chair in Asia Studies in the School of Foreign Service and the Cling Family Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-China Studies. He has published several books related to China and East Asia and regularly provides advice to global corporations and commentary to the international media. He was also President Obama's top advisor on the Asia-Pacific, serving as the Senior Director for Asia from 2013 to 2015 and was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy in the region across the areas of diplomacy, defense policy, economic policy, and intelligence.
Elizabeth Economy is the Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the US, China, and the World at the Hoover Institution. Economy is an acclaimed author and expert on Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Her most recent book is The World According to China. She is also the author of The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, and By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest Is Changing the World with Michael Levi. Her book The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future was named one of the top fifty sustainability books by the University of Cambridge. Before joining Hoover, Economy was previously at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she served as the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and director for Asia Studies for over a decade. From 2021 to 2023, she also served as the senior advisor for China in the Department of Commerce.
RELATED SOURCES
Matt Pottinger
- Book: The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan
- Foreign Affairs Article: No Substitute for Victory: America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed
Evan Medeiros
- Book: Cold Rivals
- Foreign Affairs Article: The Delusion of Peak China: America Can’t Wish Away Its Toughest Challenger
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Each episode of China Considered, through conversations with experts both inside and outside of China, will explore different themes and issues related to the country’s economy, domestic politics, foreign policy and more. The podcast aims to give listeners a comprehensive understanding of the questions, challenges and successes that face the People Republic of China (PRC), while offering solutions and insight supported by industry experts. Dr. Elizabeth Economy, through her three decades of experience and extensive expertise on China, will seek to foster a better understanding of the benefits and threats that the PRC poses.
