Positions on Taiwan: Nicholas Lardy believes the US should lift all economic restrictions aimed at mainland China, and speed PRC entry into the WTO, but should let Beijing know that the US strongly resists the weakening of its relations with any other state in East Asia.
◎重要學術觀點：資深研究員羅迪認為，美國應完全取消對中共的經濟制裁，加速中共進入「世界貿易組織」(WTO)，但美國應讓中共瞭解華府強烈反對中共任何削弱其他亞太國家與美國關係的舉動。