Washington’s current policy is failing because it’s based on a change in assumptions that is ‘dead wrong’, according to David Firestein.

The tone was “constructive” at the US-China leaders’ summit but the two powers remain at odds on key issues – and that will not change unless Washington changes its approach, a former American diplomat said. David Firestein, inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, said American policy must be grounded on a better understanding of China. And he said Washington needed “smarter policies that work better for the American people”. In a speech at the…

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