The CP rebuilds trust and reduces tensions

Robert D. Blackwill, "Policy Prescriptions for U.S.-China Relations," Council on Foreign Relations, 01-09-2023, https://www.cfr.org/blog/policy-prescriptions-us-china-relations-- 嘉玮

In any case, there are specific and practical policy prescriptions regarding the U.S.-China relationship that could help rebuild trust and reduce tensions.

Policy Prescriptions:

Both sides should limit their rhetorical assaults on the other.

Both sides should agree to launch an intense bilateral dialogue led by their national security advisors to discuss their respective vital national interests and red lines for the other’s behavior, as Dr. Henry Kissinger has proposed.

Both sides should agree to begin talks to restrain their respective military modernizations, including the effects of artificial intelligence on decision-making and the battlefield, as Dr. Kissinger has proposed.

Both sides should in their actions restore their respective long time interpretations of their One China policies, which have stood the test of time.

Both sides should resume the patterns of their military activities in the Taiwan Strait that took place before the visit by then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

Both sides should agree to immediately begin negotiations on an Incidents at Sea agreement.

Both sides should agree to work together towards a joint proposal to restrain North Korea’s nuclear weapons and to reduce tension on the Korean Peninsula.

Both sides should agree that their presidents will meet every four to six months.

Both sides should agree that their foreign ministers will visit the other’s capital every year, and in addition meet whenever they are both at international meetings.

Both sides should agree to establish a formal joint crisis management mechanism.

Both sides should agree to step up their military-to-military contacts, and that their defense ministers should meet at least twice a year.

Both sides should agree to intensify talks to reduce their trade differences.

Both sides should agree to work together on climate issues.

Both sides should agree to work together on global infectious diseases and global public health.

Both sides should agree to make it easier for their citizens to visit the other country.