Great Decisions Discussion Series - China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation

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In the last 15 years, China has implemented a wide-ranging strategy of economic outreach and expansion of all its national capacities, including military and diplomatic capacities. Where the United States has taken a step back from multilateral trade agreements and discarded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), China has made inroads through efforts like the Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). What are Beijing's geopolitical objectives? What leadership and political conditions in each society underlie growing Sino-American tensions?  What policies might Washington adopt to address this circumstance?

Speaker: Deli Yang (BSc, MBA, MSc & PhD), R. Burr & D. Clark, Professor of International Business, Global Business and Intellectual Property Consultant, Head of International Business Program, School of Business at Trinity University.

Come join the group! A light meal will be served at 5:45pm followed by a viewing of the DVD from the FPA.ORG. Our guest speaker will then address us, followed by a question and answer period.

Sponsored by Mammen Investments and the Friends Of the Library.