A New Era or More of the Same? Debriefing the Trump-Xi Summit | Ryan Hass (Brookings)

Last week Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited President Donald Trump at the White House, with US-China relations at a critical juncture. This week's Civic Forum episode features an interview with Brookings Fellow Ryan Hass, who worked in the White House under President Obama and helped organize the Obama-Xi summit more than ten years ago. Ryan provides his assessment of the optics of the Trump-Xi visit, and whether their "friendship" means much of anything. The interview discusses the new Chinese concept, "constructive strategic stability," and whether relations between China and the United States have entered into a new phase. It closes with a discussion of whether the U.S. and China can cooperate or coordinate on AI safety.