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The Art of the Deal – with China

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Posted: January 19th, 2017

By Gilman Louie

Gilman Louie is the co-founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at America's Frontier Fund and a member of the board of directors at Maxar Corporation. Gilman is a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and the Foreign Affairs Policy Board at the U.S. Department of State. Previously, Gilman served as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and was an early CEO of In-Q-Tel, the pioneering technology investment firm funded by the CIA.

By Ambassador Joseph DeTrani

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate Director of National Intelligence and Mission Manager for North Korea, was the Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks with North Korea, and served as the Director of the National Counter Proliferation Center, ODNI.  He currently serves on the Board of Managers at Sandia National Laboratories.

President Trump said he wants to improve relations with China, but he has expressed concern with China’s theft of intellectual property, unfair taxes for U.S. companies in China, currency manipulation, product dumping and failing to reign in North Korea.  He took a congratulatory call from the President of Taiwan and questioned the “One China Policy.”  Many of his appointees have strong and divergent views on the issue.

Although the economies of the U.S. and China are mutually dependent, the possibility of a trade war cannot be dismissed.  Politically, tension in the South China Sea could purposely or accidentally devolve into military conflict.  Both scenarios can and should be avoided.

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