Kissinger Institute

KICUS/@LATAMProg Fellow @BCreutzfeldt : "[China-LatAM trade] is around $250 billion, but it was around the same as it was 5 years ago...pretty constant, and only about the same as EU-Latin America, and far less than with the United States. China's still not displacing the US"

On China's BRI deals, @BCreutzfeldt finds that LatAm countries "find little reason not to sign a MOU," but that "China's learning very well" through inter-American dialogue research, analyzing "shortcomings" in region, civil society groups pushing back against project expansions

.@wilsonCEF director Jennifer Turner on China-US environmental engagement: "Energy cooperation appears to be off the table for discussion" and working off precedents by "cooperative competition" in past dialogues

Turner on fishing activities by China: "[China's fishing fleets] doesn't always comply with international law," and is "major culprit of illegal fishing." Cites fuel subsidies/govt support as why fleets expanded so quickly to meet consumption and export needs @wilsonCEF

KICUS 2017-18 fellow @shotinshanghai summarizes US-China market entries as a story of "big trade-offs" - iQiyi helps Netflix enter China, later attains #NASDAQ listing

.@shotinshanghai describing post- March 2019 reorganization within Chinese government: "We are seeeing centralization and an elevation of importance in media regulation"

Robert Daly on US-China educational relations: "We have benefitted in the U.S. of the flow of talent [from Chinese students]", returnees have been "bulwark of constructive relations" between China and US.

Daly: "Research and development is the key to both hard and soft power. This is something Beijing and Washington agree on... Therefore universities end up in their sights."