Julian Gewirtz

Julian Gewirtz is a Belfer Center fellow, scholar, and former U.S. government official focused on China, U.S.-China relations, and foreign policy. In the Biden administration, he served as Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the National Security Council and led work on U.S.-China technology competition.

Trump-Xi Summit Produced Favorable Optics but Little Visible Progress

Julian Gewirtz, a former senior director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House, says Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping achieved its apparent aim of projecting a positive relationship but produced little visible progress on the disputes dividing the United States and China. He argues that trade, Iran, Russia and Taiwan remain unresolved, while competition over AI and access to advanced chips adds to the stakes.

Bloomberg TechnologySep 25, 20263 min read