Dec 15, 2021
Professor Dr. Tang Zhimin, Director of China ASEAN Studies (CASPIM), was invited to speak (online) at the The 13th China-ASEAN Think Tank Strategic Dialogue Forum, a high level forum for the China ASEAN Expo this year in Nanning, by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences and China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat. He discussed the future of China-USA rivalry based on the dynamics of stakeholders in the two countries: the public, the media, the government, the strategists, and the business sectors. The impacts of RCEP which will take effect next year was also scrutinized in terms of trade in goods, trade in services, and investment in comparison with the current ACFTA (ASEAN China Free Trade Area) and its upgraded version.