“On the Need to Stabilize Bilateral Relations,” Open Letter to the Presidents of the United States & the People’s Republic of China, PAID ADVERTISEMENT, Wall Street Journal, Apr. 5, 2023.
H.E. Joseph Biden
The White House
Washington, D.C.
The United States of America
H.E. President Xi Jinping
Zhongnanhai
Beijing
The People’s Republic of China
Dear President Biden and President Xi:
We are writing to encourage the leadership of both the United States and China to work together diligently to repair and stabilize the state of affairs between our two countries. We call for more robust dialogue now to alleviate the heightened temperature and better manage our many differences.
The U.S. and China stand at a pivotal moment in global history. As the world’s two largest economies, with the two most expansive strategic footprints, our bilateral relationship is the most important one in the world. Together, we share the great responsibility of preserving global peace and stability. Not only can we jointly maintain and promote peace, but our combined efforts can also achieve great strides in some of humanity’s most pressing challenges, from poverty mitigation and world hunger to climate change and human health. Pursuing a path to conflict is untenable and would likely lead to one of humankind’s most unfortunate chapters.
Our two countries have a long history of cooperation and common understanding. For the past fifty years, we have developed a dynamic trading partnership with hundreds of billions of dollars invested in each other’s economies. The recent, alarming deterioration in bilateral relations jeopardizes that rich, shared history. It is in the national interest of both countries to reestablish a constructive dialogue based on mutual respect and a genuine desire to heal the relationship with courage and wisdom.
The world is watching. The stakes could not be higher. We must move forward together with great urgency and purpose.
Sincerely,
Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Craig Allen
Ambassador (retired)
Max Baucus
Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Former U.S. Senator from Montana
Co-Founder, Max Baucus Institute,
University of Montana
William S. Cohen
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Former U.S. Senator from Maine
Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Archbishop of New York
William E. Ford III
Chairman & CEO,
General Atlantic, LP
Paul J. Fribourg
Chairman & CEO,
Continental Grain Company
Dr. John Hamre
President & CEO,
Langone Chair in American
Leadership, Center for Strategic
& International Studies
Carla Hills
Chair & CEO,
Hills & Company
Former U.S. Trade Representative
Robert D. Hormats
Former U.S. Under Secretary
of State for Economic Growth,
Energy and the Environment
Mickey Kantor
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Former U.S. Trade Representative
Ken Langone
Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
NYU Langone Health
Co-Founder,
The Home Depot, Inc.
Noel V. Lateef
President & CEO,
Foreign Policy Association
Joe Lieberman
Former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
Former Democratic Candidate for
Vice President of the United States
Gary Locke
Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Former Governor of Washington State
Stephen A. Orlins
President,
National Committee
on U.S.-China Relations
George Pataki
53rd Governor of New York
Senior Counsel,
Norton Rose Fulbright
Dr. Adam Posen
President,
Peterson Institute for
International Economics
J. Stapleton Roy
Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Daniel Russel
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Vice President for International
Security and Diplomacy at the Asia
Society Policy Institute
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
President & Founder,
Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Senior Rabbi, Park East Synagogue
Jeffrey R. Shafer
Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
National Committee on American
Foreign Policy
Frances Townsend
Former Counterterrorism and
Homeland Security Advisor
to President George W. Bush
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