Biden’s China Team

One of the biggest challenges facing the United States is how to deal with China, a strategic rival

but also a military and space power and soon to be home to the world’s largest economy. Presi- THE WHITE HOUSE dent Biden has selected a diverse team of high ranking officials to engage with China. Here are, as of March 19, some of his picks.

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR DEPT. OF COMMERCE STATE DEPARTMENT TREASURY DEPARTMENT DEPT. OF DEFENSE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTITIVE ECONOMIC COUNCIL SECURITY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEPARTMENT RANK

1 Katherine Tai Gina Raimondo Lloyd Austin U.S. Trade Representative National Economic Special Presidential National Security Advisor Director of Secretary of Commerce Secretary of State Secretary of Treasury Secretary of Defense Council Director Envoy for Climate National Intelligence

2 Nora Todd David Kamin Daleep Singh Jonathan Finer Anne Neuberger Mike Harney Linda Thomas-Greenfield Suzy George Wendy Sherman Didem Nisanci Wally Adeyemo Kelly Magsamen Kathleen Hicks Ely Ratner Chief of Staff Deputy Director of the Deputy National Economic Deputy National Deputy National Chief of Staff UN Ambassador Chief of Staff Deputy Secretary of State Chief of Staff Deputy Treasury Secretary Chief of Staff Deputy Secretary of Defense Special Assistant to the National Economic Council Council Director, Deputy Security Advisor Security Advisor for Cyber Secretary of Defense National Security Advisor and Emerging Technology

Kurt Campbell

Indo-Pacific Coordinator

Matthew Borman Diane Farrell Jonathan Fritz Melanie Hart Mira Rapp-Hooper Greta Peisch Brad Setser Cara Abercrombie Beth Cameron Tarun Chhabra Rush Doshi Elizabeth Rosenberg Michael Chase Amanda Dory Lindsey Ford 3 4 Deputy Assistant Secretary Acting Under Secretary Deputy Assistant Secretary China Policy Coordinator Senior Advisor on China in General Counsel Counselor Senior Director for Defense Senior Director for Senior Director for Technology China Director of Commerce for for International Trade of State for China, Mongolia, serving the Undersecretary Office of Policy Planning Counselor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary Acting Under Secretary of Deputy Assistant Secretary Global Health Security and National Security Export Administration and Taiwan Coordination of State for Economic Deputy Treasury Secretary of Defense for China Defense for Policy of Defense for South And and Biodefense Growth, Energy and South East Asia the Environment

Jamila Thompson Mark Wu

Senior Advisor Senior Advisor Julian Gewirtz Peter Harrell Shanthi Kalathil Laura Rosenberger Cara Morrow David Helvey Veronica Valdez China Director Senior Director for Democracy and Senior Director for China International Trade Sung Kim Ellison Laskowski Natalia Cote-Muñoz Acting Assistant Secretary Special Assistant to the International Economics Human Rights Coordinator Association Policy Director of Defense for Indo-Pacific Assistant Secretary of Defense and Competitiveness Acting Assistant Secretary Staff Member at the Special Assistant at the Security Affairs for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs of State in the Bureau of Office of Policy Planning Office of Policy Planning East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Michael Sulmeyer

Senior Director for Cyber Jung Pak Jeffrey Prescott Jennifer Hendrixson White

Deputy Assistant Secretary Deputy to the UN Senior Policy Advisor of State in the Bureau of U.S. Ambassador to the UN on Indo-Pacific Issues This is a preliminary and incomplete list of officials who might engage East Asian and Pacific Affairs with China. It does not include, for the most part, civil servants. Also, the positioning of officials does not always show who a person reports to directly.