Community Conversation: Ending America&rsquo\;s Reliance on China
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\nAugust 19\, 2020\, 9:00 AM &ndash\; 10:00 AM\,
\nHosted on the Zoom platform
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\nThe COVID-19 crisis has highlighted America&rsquo\;s reliance on China&rsquo\;s economy for prescription drug manufacturing\, PPE manufacturing\, critical supply chain needs for American manufacturers\, and more.
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\nPrior to COVID-19\, China was producing half the world&rsquo\;s medical masks.
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\nWhat can and should be done to balance the scales of the trade partnership?
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\nHow are all businesses impacted in the United States by the partnership?
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\nThis isn&rsquo\;t just about COVID-19\, it is also about electronics\, textiles\, furniture\, toys\, and more\, which adds up to about a half a trillion dollars in imports annually.
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\nKeynote presentations by David Dollar\, senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution and host of the Brookings trade podcast\, Dollar&\;Sense\, and Congressman Rob Wittman\, VA-01.
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\nKeynote Speakers:
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\nCongressman Rob Wittman\, our Congressman for Virginia'\;s First District.
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\nFull bio can be found here.
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\nDavid Dollar\, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy\, Global Economy and Development\, John L. Thornton China Center
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\nDavid Dollar is a senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution and host of the Brookings trade podcast\, Dollar&\;Sense. He is a leading expert on China'\;s economy and U.S.-China economic relations. From 2009 to 2013\, Dollar was the U.S. Treasury&rsquo\;s economic and financial emissary to China\, based in Beijing\, facilitating the macroeconomic and financial policy dialogue between the United States and China. Prior to joining Treasury\, Dollar worked 20 years for the World Bank\, serving as country director for China and Mongolia\, based in Beijing (2004-2009). His other World Bank assignments focused on Asian economies\, including South Korea\, Vietnam\, Cambodia\, Thailand\, Bangladesh\, and India. Dollar also worked in the World Bank&rsquo\;s research department. His publications focus on economic reform in China\, globalization\, and economic growth. He also taught economics at University of California Los Angeles\, during which time he spent a semester in Beijing at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1986. He has a doctorate in economics from New York University and a bachelor'\;s in Chinese history and language from Dartmouth College.
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\nAffiliations:
\nEvenflow Macro\, advisor
\nMillennium Challenge Corporation\, Economic Advisory Council
\nWorld Bank\, Washington\, DC\, consultant
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\nSponsorships available\, please contact Kyle Allwine for more details.
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