Global Tipping Points: The US-China Strategic Economic Competition

On Thursday, June 3rd at 6pm, join us in partnership with U.S. Department of State's Office of Public Liaison for the final installment in our Spring Global Tipping Points speaker series, The US-China Strategic Economic Competition. From the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund, to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the United States and China are the world's economic superpowers and both leverage their economic weight to bend the world towards their ideals. Tune in as Valerie Santos, Foreign Service Officer with the State Department's Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, discusses this U.S.-Chinese economic and financial competition on a global scale from the perspective of the American Foreign Service.

Following Santos's opening remarks, a moderated Question and Answer session will be held. All questions can be emailed to council@wacnh.org, posted in either of the YouTube or Facebook Live chats, or the messenger app on our website. Tune in to the Council website for this virtual event at wacnh.org and we hope to see you there!

When: Thursday, June 3rd from 6 - 7pm

Where: wacnh.org

About Valerie Santos

Valerie Santos is a Foreign Service Officer with the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs in the Department of State’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau.  Previous assignments included positions in Tokyo, Japan and Lima, Peru.  Prior to becoming a foreign service officer, Ms. Santos worked on trade issues for the Department of State and climate and environmental management issues with USAID in Asia.  She also worked as a private sector communications research consultant and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer.  Ms. Santos has a master degree in international health from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.