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Economic Interdependence & Supply Chain Complexities

Guiding Prompts:

Can the U.S. capitalist model and Chinese state-directed economic model coexist in the global economic system? How can the U.S. and China cooperate to address challenges of global economic governance despite the differences between their economic models? How should the U.S. government do to ensure a level playing field for its companies as China wields increasing economic influence? What should U.S. industrial policy for the 21st century look like? How are global supply chain dependencies affecting U.S.-China relations? How should the U.S. government weigh trade-offs when considering domestic vs. globalized supply chains? Are trade-offs sector, region, or firm dependent? What policies should the U.S. government pursue in global supply chain configurations, and what role should China play in them?

Mentors

Matt Turpin

Matt Turpin is an advisor to the CEO of Palantir Technologies.  Until August 2019, he was a Commerce Department official serving as the Director for China at the United States National Security Council.  In that role, he was responsible for managing the interagency effort to develop and implement U.S. Government policies towards the PRC.  Before joining the Commerce Department, he worked as a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting providing government and private sector clients with advisory services on supply chain risk.  He is also a retired Army officer, serving for over 22 years in uniform.  He served in a variety of combat units in the US, Europe and the Middle East and was an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA).  He served for three years as the Chief of Crisis Planning at the United States Pacific Command and in 2013, he became an advisor on China to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he assisted the Deputy Secretary of Defense with Great Power Competition and Defense Innovation. He has a BS from the USMA and an MA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Matt Turpin

Daniel Hartnett

Daniel Hartnett is an Associate Managing Director at Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, where he advises clients on third-party risks across their global supply chains. Daniel also oversees several research teams providing clients with supply chain due diligence research support. Previously Daniel served in various positions supporting the U.S. government on Asia-focused defense and security issues. Most recently he concluded a two-year assignment as a special advisor to the Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Programs and Resources, where he provided analytical and research support to the senior-most U.S. Marine Corps officer responsible for the service’s financial requirements, policies and programs. Prior to this, Daniel worked as a research scientist for CNA, where he researched China’s military and security developments on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. He also served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Military and Foreign Affairs at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional body mandated with investigating the bilateral U.S.-China relationship. Daniel began his career serving in the U.S. Army, where he supported U.S. military efforts during the various conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

Daniel Hartnett