November 06, 2020
A Transatlantic Approach to China, with Melanie Hart and Janka Oertel
Melanie Hart and Janka Oertel join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how the next administration can work with Europe to counter China. Hart is a senior fellow and director of China policy at the Center for American Progress. Oertel is the director of the Asia program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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