Team 2

Suzhou North America High School

Wake STEM Early College High School

SNA Partners

STEM Partners

Works Cited:

"A Tightening Grip." *The Economist*. The Economist Newspaper, 2015. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

"Hearing on U.S.–China Economic Challenges: The Impact of U.S.–China Trade." *Economic Policy Institute*. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Holodny, Elena. "Here Are the Various Ways the US Depends on China." *Business Insider*. Business Insider, Inc, 2015. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

"Innovation & Technology in China." *Innovation & Technology in China*. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

"On Economic Fronts, the U.S. and China Are Stronger Together." *Foreign Policy On Economic Fronts the US and China Are Stronger Together Comments*. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

"The Benefits of a Lower Dollar: How the High Dollar Has Hurt U.S. Manufacturing Producers and Why the Dollar Still Needs to Fall Further." *Economic Policy Institute*. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

"U.S.-China Trade Is Win-Win Game." *U.S.-China Trade Is Win-Win Game*. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

PBI Global Project

Claim 3:

Claim 1:

Innovation

Productivity

Growth

APEC

Security

China and the U.S. have cooperated effectively to manufacture goods cheaply and efficiently for world markets.

APEC

• Productivity is increasing at a rate of 11% per year in China
• This has allowed China to produce products cheaply and efficiently
• Prevents inflation

• China is developing the world's most energy efficient light bulb
• Nanoleaf last 20x longer than a regular led light bulb, and saves 88% of electricity
• The technology they develop is sent to the U.S. to sell and use for commercial or military purposes

• 1990, China accounted for about 26.5% of manufacturing for the world
• This rate rose 20% between 1990 and 2013

Conclusion:

Robert E. Scott

Senior Economist and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research

PBI Global Spring Project

“We need to increase sales of goods and services made in the U.S., which means expanding exports, reducing imports, and shrinking our trade deficit.”

Compelling Question

How are the U.S. and China effectively cooperating to improve the economy?

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• Ryan Jackson
• TuanAnh Le
• Parissa Shariyazdi

How are the U.S. and China effectively cooperating

to improve their economy?

• China and the U.S. have cooperated effectively to manufacture goods cheaply and efficiently for world markets
• Economic impacts of trade deals and policies are beneficial to both sides
• The U.S. and China should continue to cooperate for the benefit of the global economy in the future

Opportunities

Profit

Sales

Claim 2:

• The U.S. has invested 62.8 billion dollars into 58,000 different projects in China and has received a return profit of 8 billion dollars in 2013 alone

• China has received 224.7 billion dollars in sales from U.S. exports
• The U.S. has received 252.3 billion dollars in sales from Chinese exports

• Plan to end currency manipulation, which would reduce trade deficits between 200 billion dollars to 500 billion dollars per year within three years
• Reduction would create between 2.3 and 5.8 million U.S. jobs

Economic impacts of trade deals and policies are beneficial to both sides.

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• Christina
• Antony
• Lisa