Building Bridges? Development and Infrastructure in Relations

Amid escalating tensions, Washington and Beijing are focused on managing their real and significant bilateral differences on trade and other economic issues. At the same time, both countries have a major stake in the functioning of the global economic order—the institutions, rules, and norms that shape international economic affairs. Even as they address bilateral issues, therefore, it is also important for the two sides to seek areas where they may be able to work together in strengthening the global economic order. During this event, U.S. and Chinese experts will discuss an important area of the global economic order: infrastructure and development finance. They will explore where the two sides may be able to cooperate and where they need to manage their differences. The event will roll out a collection of essays written in parallel by U.S. and Chinese scholars on trade, finance, technology, and other key issues in the global economic order. This essay series is the culmination of a multi