Symposium

2025 Conference on Expanding Access to International Affairs

Event date

Thursday
June 5, 2025
3:00 p.m. (EDT)

From Conference Expanding Access International Affairs.

In-Person Plenary I: The Future of U.S.-China Relations

Panelists discuss the future of U.S.-China relations under the Trump administration, including developments relating to trade and tariffs, technological innovation, and increasing military tensions in the Indo-Pacific.

Speakers

Naima Green-Riley
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs; CFR Term Member
Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy, Council on Foreign Relations (speaking virtually)
Lizzi C. Lee
Fellow on Chinese Economy, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute

Presider

Nancy Yao
Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor Adjunct, David Geffen School of Drama, Yale University; Chair, New York Stock Exchange: The India Fund, Inc.; CFR Member

Virtual Plenary I: The Future of U.S.-China Relations

In-Person Keynote Session: A Conversation With Sewell Chan

Speaker

Sewell Chan
Senior Fellow, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy; Former Editor in Chief, Texas Tribune; Former International News Editor, New York Times

Presider

Millie Tran
Vice President and Chief Digital Content Officer, Council on Foreign Relations

Virtual Keynote Session: A Conversation With Sewell Chan

In-Person Keynote Session: A Conversation With Helene Gayle

Speaker

Helene D. Gayle
President Emerita, Spelman College; Former CEO of CARE and Chicago Community Trust; Former Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Senior Professorial Lecturer and President Emerita, American University; Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2014-17); Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Introductory Remarks

Michael Froman
President, Council on Foreign Relations

Virtual Keynote Session: A Conversation With Helene Gayle

In-Person Plenary II: Fast Fashion and Climate: Unraveling the Environmental Costs

Panelists discuss the environmental and climate impacts of fast fashion, including ways the industry’s rapid production cycles, resource-intensive processes, and waste generation contribute to global environmental degradation.