Anne Stevenson-Yang | US - China Relations, The Last 4 Years & The Next 4 Years

<p><strong>Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      An autopsy of the Trump administration with regard to U.S.-China policy</p><p>●      Reasons for the dramatic change in the West’s perception of China in recent years</p><p>●      Does China just not care how it is perceived globally?</p><p>●      What to expect from U.S.-China relations during the Biden administration</p><p>●      Will the tariff war end during the Biden administration?</p><p>●      How the Chinese tech industry will involve in the next few years</p><p>●      New “big players” to watch out for in the U.S.-China story</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p><p>Today on The Negotiation, we speak with Anne Stevenson-Yang, Co-Founder and Research Director of J Capital Research, on the overall successes and failures of the Trump administration as it relates to its U.S.-China policy.</p><p>To Anne, Trump “really flubbed international policy, particularly with China” and is hard-pressed to find a single success with regard to relations between the two countries. However, she attributes much of the current hostility between the U.S and China—as well as increasingly negative global perceptions of China—to Xi Jinping himself.</p><p>“The most important thing for the U.S.-China relationship,” says Anne, “is to be the America that we used to be or that we try to be.” This means more focus on the import of talent, an innovation center for technology, and a diverse collection of people looking to come to America to join startups. One of Trump’s missteps then, according to Anne, is that he has slowed <em>legal </em>immigration as opposed to only illegal immigration.</p><p>The West’s perspective of China has undergone a dramatic change in recent years. Anne says that this is due to two major factors: a reduction in money flow into China from America and, more crucially, Xi Jinping’s rise to power in 2012. His Belt and Road Initiative, for example, “has no particular purpose except to obscure China’s money manag