Tuesday, November 10, 2020

The Future of US-China Relations, with Douglas Barry

On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8-9 PM, the University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics will host a local CHINA Town Hall to discuss US-China relations.

Douglas Barry, senior director of communications and publications at the US-China Business Council, will be giving a presentation on the Future of US-China Relations.  After his presentation, we will open things up for Q&A.  

Douglas Barry is senior director of communications and publications at the US-China Business Council, an association that has helped American companies do business in China for 47 years. Previously he did crisis and reputation management in the private sector and worked in trade promotion and commercial diplomacy for the US Department of Commerce. While at the University of Alaska in the 1990’s, Doug was a marketing consultant to the seafood industry and did small business development for USAID in the Russian Far East.  He first visited China in 1983, the first year foreign visitors were allowed to travel without government minders.  He was a journalist for ABC News in London and New York, and is the author of many books on cross-border trade. His most recent article on government relations and US companies was published in the China Business Review. http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/managing-risk-in-the-new-era/  He received a doctorate from Teacher’s College, Columbia University.

The town hall will take place via zoom at the following link:

This event is part of a series of national CHINA Town Hall events organized by the National Committee on US-China Relations.  Our local UMD town hall will occur right after a national town hall meeting on US-China economic relations.  Details are at the following link:

For more details on CHINA Town Hall events, please go to the following link.

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