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It’s America’s election, but it matters for the whole world. As China’s influence in Asia and around the world grows, how will the next U.S. president manage the world’s most important relationship? And beyond China, how do Trump and Harris compare on their approach toward other Asian countries?

As part of our special election series, “America Votes: What It Means for the World,” FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by Ryan Hass, a former director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the White House National Security Council, and Lynn Kuok, the Lee Kuan Yew chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution.

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