The Political Economy

of American Business and China
Clyde Prestowitz
Founder and President, The Economic Strategy Institute (ESI)

Moderator: Robert Dujarric
Co-Director, ICAS Temple University Japan

Friday 22 October 2021 10:00 Tokyo

Thursday 21 October 21:00 Washington, D.C.


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Meeting ID: 915 7358 9444


Overview

In the past decades, China has enjoyed the support of most, though not all, businesses in the liberal democracies that saw the PRC as an unlimited source of profits now or in the future. In recent years and months, the Xi Jinping regime has taken measures that will likely limit opportunities for some foreign interests. These include restrictions on Chinese IPOs in the US, a cracktown on some large Chinese conglomerates (thus also hurting their foreign shareholders), and the rapid demise of the rule of law in Hong Kong. At the same time, rising tensions between the United States and China may force some to choose between China and the US.

To examine the evolving political economy of China's relations with the outside world, especially the United States, we will have a conversation followed by a Q&A session with Clyde Prestowitz.

Speaker Biography

Clyde Prestowitz is founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute (ESI). He has played key roles in achieving passage of NAFTA and in shaping the Uruguay Round, as well as providing the intellectual basis for current U.S. trade policies in Asia.

Prior to founding ESI, Mr. Prestowitz served as counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration. Before joining the Commerce Department, he was a senior businessman in the United States, Europe, Japan, and throughout Asia and Latin America.

Clyde Prestowitz is the author of the best-selling book on U.S.-Japan relations, Trading Places, and co-author and editor of several other books on international trade and business strategy.

Mr. Prestowitz has a B.A. with honors from Swarthmore College; an M.A. in East-West Policies and Economics from the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii; and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate School of Business. He also studied at Keio University in Tokyo.

(For more information, visit: https://www.econstrat.org/about-us/staff-bios/20-clyde-v-prestowitz-jr-president)


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