Powered by In this first edition of China Considered Quick Takes, Elizabeth Economy examines President Trump’s September 19 call with Xi Jinping and two upcoming meetings between the two leaders in the next few months. She looks back at how past presidential meetings—Nixon with Mao, Carter with Deng, and Obama with Xi—have shaped the Sino-American relationship, and considers what today’s agenda of trade, fentanyl, and TikTok might deliver. Economy argues that while these talks could help stabilize tensions, the real test is whether the administration can finally articulate a clear and coherent China strategy to guide US policy.
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Elizabeth Economy is the Hargrove Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Named by Politico as among “the ten names that matter in China policy,” Economy served as senior adviser for China in the US Department of Commerce in 2021–23 and is the author of several influential books on the Chinese politics and policy, most recently The World According to China.