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COVID-19 and the U.S.-China Relationship: Lessons for Collaboration in Global Health

Published: May 7, 2020, 11:40 p.m.

The arrival of the coronavirus in both China and the United States has\xa0further strained\xa0an already frayed bilateral relationship. Yet, if the world is to deal with the COVID-19\xa0pandemic and prepare for future health crises, the two nations must work together to confront\xa0the immediate issues of medical treatment and equipment, and the longer-term need to develop and produce necessary vaccines.

On April 28, 2020, the National Committee hosted\xa0a virtual program where\xa0Joan Kaufman of Schwarzman Scholars moderated a conversation with two leading medical experts: Margaret Hamburg\xa0of the National Academy of Medicine and\xa0Winnie Yip of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, during which they discussed the potential for collaboration between the United States and China on global health strategies.

For more information on the coronavirus's impact on U.S.-China relations, visit www.ncuscr.org/coronavirus.

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