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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

US and China: Where Will They Land?

January 21, 2026
18:00–18:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Despite ongoing frictions, the United States and China remain deeply interconnected. Total goods trade between these two economies exceeded $580 billion in 2024, ranking amongst the largest trade relationships in the world while hopes for collaboration are renewed following the recent US-China leadership meeting in Busan. In view of economic and security considerations, what are the likely...
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Speakers

GA
Graham Allison
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
CC
Christopher A. Coons
Senator from Delaware (D)
United States Senate
JH
Jaime Ho
Editor
Straits Times
KR
Kevin Rudd
Ambassador of Australia to the United States of America; Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010; 2013)
Embassy of Australia to the United States of America
AH
Angela Zhang Huyue
Professor of Law, Gould School of Law
University of Southern California (USC)
ZH
Zhao Hai
Director of International Politics Studies, National Institute for Global Strategy
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

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