China Expert Chris Johnson on the Future of the U.S.-China Relationship

Intelligence Matters

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Politics, News, Government

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🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Christopher Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the current status of and the future possibilities for the U.S.-China relationship. They discuss the implications of a newly competitive economic relationship, the compatibility of domestic, regional and global objectives, and whether compromise is possible - or conflict is inevitable. Johnson explains why he believes America's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership may be "the biggest strategic mistake the United States has ever made."

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0:36.0	Look, there's definitely been a pronounced ground shift in Washington about how China is
0:42.0	viewed.
0:43.0	I think there is a significant element of it that comes out of the national security community,
0:45.8	but I think it's broad-based.
0:46.8	It's clearly in the trade space and the economic relationship.
0:51.4	Fliped to China.
0:52.4	The other side.
0:53.4	So, yeah, how do they see us?
0:55.1	I definitely think they are in the process of changing their view, and it mainly boils
0:59.3	down to, is the current trade tension with the United States?
1:03.1	Is trade war simply a trade war, or is it the leading edge of a new Cold War?
1:08.7	If we don't find a path by the end of this year to come to some sort of a truce or
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