How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

US and China: From Here to Where?

June 25, 2026
08:30–09:30 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

The US and China remain deeply intertwined economically, yet unresolved trade, technology and security divides have created friction and raised fundamental questions about the trajectory of the relationship. The recent bilateral summit has reset the tone without resolving the underlying structural tensions. Following the presidential summit, where are relations between the world's two largest...
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Speakers

GA
Graham Allison
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
MK
Margery Kraus
Founder and Executive Chair
APCO
JN
Joseph Luc Ngai
Chairman, Greater China
McKinsey & Company
LV
Leslie Vinjamuri
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
ZH
Zhao Hai
Director of International Politics Studies, National Institute for Global Strategy
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

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