Outlook on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship

The University of Washington will host a panel of experts to explore the future of the U.S.-China economic relationship.

The National Bureau of Asian Research, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington are co-presenting the event "Outlook on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship," which will examine the questions of what drives China’s economic growth: How can China’s growth be sustained? How will it be affected by China’s upcoming leadership transition? How can the United States demonstrate effective leadership in such a complex relationship, especially in relation to the ongoing U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue?

The panel discussion will feature presentations by:

David Loevinger
Senior Coordinator and Executive Secretary for China and the Strategic & Economic Dialogue
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Minxin Pei
Department of Government
Claremont McKenna College

Thomas G. Rawski
Department of Economics
University of Pittsburgh

About the Speakers
Mr. David Loevinger is the Treasury Department’s Senior Coordinator and Executive Secretary for China Affairs and the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue. In this role, he leads the U.S. government’s negotiations with the Chinese government on the economic track of the dialogue. Prior to his appointment, he was the U.S. Minister-Counselor for Financial Affairs to the People’s Republic of China. As the Treasury Department’s first permanent representative to China, he was responsible for deepening U.S.-Chinese engagement on financial and macroeconomic issues, including exchange rate policies.

Dr. Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and the director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. His research focuses on democratization in developing countries, economic reform and governance in China, and U.S.–China relations. He is the author of China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (Harvard University Press, 2006) and From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union (Harvard University Press, 1994).

Dr. Thomas Rawski joined the University of Pittsburgh's faculty in 1985 after fourteen years at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the nature and implications of recent developments and long-term changes in the economy of China. His recent work includes editing and contributing to the volume China’s Great Economic Transformation (University of Toronto Press, 2008), and coauthoringChina’s Rise and the Balance of Influence in Asia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007).