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Foreign Policy Live

Ro Khanna’s Plan to Reset the U.S.-China Relationship

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1622 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The White House’s China policy needs a reset. So says Rep. Ro Khanna, who has a plan to rebalance trade ties with Beijing and reduce tensions. Host Ravi Agrawal quizzes Khanna on China, the war in Ukraine, India, and more.  Foreign Policy Live will be holding an ask-me-anything later this summer. Send in your questions to podcasts@foreignpolicy.com or by visiting foreignpolicy.com/live. Suggested reading: Melissa Morgan: Congressman Ro Khanna Addresses Intersection of America’s Economy and U.S.-China Geopolitical Challenges Gregory W. Meeks: Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington—and Boosts Beijings A. Wess Mitchell: Why Biden’s China Reset Is a Bad Idea Reid Smith: Why the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ Framing Is So Dangerous Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrual, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.

1:10.7

Welcome to the show. We often discuss on this program how relations between the United States and China have completely deteriorated.

1:19.6

And it's a really worrying trend because these are the world's two biggest economies. The whole planet has a stake in how things turned out. Well, my guest today

1:29.2

has a big proposal to reset the relationship. Ro Khanna is a Democrat who has represented

1:35.2

California's 17th Congressional District, Silicon Valley, since 2017. In April, he gave a speech

1:42.5

at Stanford University calling for what he calls a constructive

1:46.5

rebalancing with China by reducing trade deficits and tensions, opening lines of communication,

1:53.2

and boosting military deterrence. It's easier said than done, of course. So the question is how.

1:59.7

And why would China go along with these plans? Well, I sat down

2:04.1

with Kana for a long interview. He is a member of Congress's select committee on the Chinese Communist

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