How might relations among China, India, and the United States move away from today's nationalist-driven conflicts over trade, technology, and investment restrictions? This conference brings together leading scholars to address some of the major economic challenges facing these countries at a time when economic and political tensions among these major powers are at high levels and are draining resources that could instead be used to promote economic growth and shared prosperity.

Speakers will cover issues ranging from economic security, technological competition, and trade imbalances to geopolitical tensions, supply chain resilience, and green technology transitions. Together, their contributions provide the basis for a set of policy proposals aimed at capitalizing on the strengths of the three countries while reducing unproductive tensions among them. Global prosperity and global peace hinge to a great extent on the ability of these countries to creatively and collaboratively address these challenges.

Featured Speakers

Khalid Nadvi, University of Manchester
Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University
Yeling Tan, University of Oxford
Dev Nathan, Institute for Human Development, Delhi
Jan Kregel, The New School
William Milberg, The New School
Ka Zeng, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rina Agarwala, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Frazier, The New School
Margaret Pearson, University of Maryland

Conference Programme

2:00–3:15 PM | Panel 1: New Geographies of Trade and Finance

“Globalisation in Retreat or a New Geography of Globalisation”
Khalid Nadvi and John Loomis (University of Manchester)

“Hypes and Prospects of a New Global Monetary Order: From the Undead Dollar Hegemony to the Unborn RMB Challenge”
Ho-fung Hung (Johns Hopkins University)

“Do China’s Investments in the Global South Win Hearts and Minds? What We Know So Far”

Margaret Pearson (University of Maryland)

Moderator: Mark Frazier (The New School)
Discussant: Ying Chen (The New School)

3:15–3:30 PM | Break

3:30–4:45 PM | Panel 2: Structural Barriers to Realignment

“AI and the Looming Crisis of India's Development Strategy”
Dev Nathan (Institute for Human Development, Delhi) and Rahul S. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)

“Decoupling or Realignment? Weaponized Interdependence, Global Production Networks, and the Prospect of the U.S.-China Trade War”
Ka Zeng (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

“The ‘Crisis’ of the US and Chinese Payments Imbalances: A View from Finance”
Jan Kregel, William Milberg, and Tamim Akiki (The New School)

Moderator: Margaret Pearson (University of Maryland)
Discussant: Kyle Chan (Brookings Institution, remote)

4:45–5:00 PM | Break

5:00–6:00 PM | Panel 3: Economic Development and Social Insecurity

“Social Insecurity in India”
Rina Agarwala (Johns Hopkins University)

“State Capital and Global Public Pension Funds in China and the United States”

Mark Frazier (The New School)

Moderator: William Milberg (The New School)
Discussant: Manjari Mahajan (The New School)