U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna has a proposal for improving the most important relationship in the world. A member of the House select committee on China, Khanna says Washington needs to rebalance its economic relationship with Beijing. Khanna’s plan includes reducing trade deficits and tensions, improving communication, and bolstering deterrence.
But how can such a plan work when domestic politics on both sides seem in favor of tougher rhetoric and policy? Khanna joined FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal for an in-depth discussion about not only China, but also Ukraine, U.S. national security priorities, trade policy, and more.
Watch Rep. Ro Khanna explain why China and President Xi Jinping would go along with his suggested reset in U.S.-China relations, despite all of the restrictions the United States has placed on Beijing.
Ravi Agrawal, FP’s editor in chief, asks Khanna whether Washington’s interest in protecting Taiwan from China would change if it didn’t rely on it for manufacturing semiconductors. Watch his response.
Khanna explains why he tried to block U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.
Khanna of California, an Indian American, explains why India should not be expected to march in lockstep with the United States despite the alliance between the two nations.
Ro Khanna
U.S. House representative, D-CA
Congressman Ro Khanna represents California’s 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fourth term. Rep. Khanna serves on the House Armed Services Committee as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems. He also serves as the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and on the Oversight and Accountability Committee, where he previously chaired the environmental subcommittee.
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Ravi Agrawal
Editor in chief, Foreign Policy
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy, the host of FP Live, and a regular world affairs analyst on TV and radio. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.
