DIIS event

China's next act and the US-China tech war

Name: China's next act and the US-China tech war
Location: China's next act and the US-China tech war

From climate change to artificial intelligence, China will need to play an important role if the world is to meet its mounting ecological and technological challenges. But how should we balance cooperation and competition with an assertive China?

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China is an essential player in global issues ranging from pandemics and climate change to artificial intelligence and biotechnology. But at the same time China's relationship with the United States, and the West at large, has become more competitive and adversarial, particularly when it comes to advanced technologies such as semiconductors. The room for cooperation between the world's two largest economies feels like it is becoming narrower and narrower as the ecological and technological challenges facing the world become larger and larger.

This seminar will explore the broad question of how the US and China can find a stable balance between competition and cooperation on global issues of sustainability and technology. Dr. Scott Moore of the University of Pennsylvania will give a talk on his new book, China's Next Act. The seminar will then focus in on the US-China tech war and the critical issue of semiconductors with Danish and international experts.

Speakers

Scott Moore, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives and Practice Professor of Political Science, PennGlobal, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Moore will discuss his new book China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future.

Douglas Fuller, Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School

Yang Jiang, Senior researcher, Migration and Global Order, Danish Institute for International Studies
Dr. Fuller and Dr. Jiang will discuss the US-China tech war over semiconductors.

Luke Patey, Senior researcher, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, Danish Institute for International Studies
Dr. Patey will moderate the discussion.

Programme

14.00-14.05 Welcome and introduction, Luke Patey
14.05-14.30 China's Next Act, Scott Moore
14.30-14.45 Q&A
14.45-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.15 China's response to the US tech war, Yang Jiang
15.15-15.30 America's semiconductor security, Douglas Fuller
15.30-16.00 Discussion and Q&A, Scott Moore, Douglas Fuller, Yang Jiang & Luke Patey