IGP Rapid Response Examines US-China Relations After Trump-Xi Summit

On May 18, the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) hosted a Rapid Response webinar titled, “US-China Relations after the Trump-Xi Summit.” The discussion featured Isaac Arnsdorf, White House Bureau Chief for the Washington Post; Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations and IGP Affiliated Faculty Member at Columbia SIPA, Pritzker Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Julian Gewirtz, IGP Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA, former Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the US National Security Council, and author of Never Turn Back; and Liza Tobin, Managing Director at Garnaut Global, Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, and former NSC China Director. The conversation was moderated by Zongyuan Liu, IGP Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA and author of Sovereign Funds.