We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, ... It is time to take our policy beyond opening doors to China's membership into the international system, we need to urge China to become a responsible stakeholder in that system.
"Robert Bruce Zoellick" is an American banker who was the eleventh World Bank Group#Presidency/president of the World Bank Group/World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States United States Deputy Secretary of State/Deputy Secretary of State (resigning on July 7, 2006) and Office of the United States Trade Representative/U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at his alma mater Harvard Kennedy School since retirement from the World Bank in July 1, 2012.
President of the United States/President George W. Bush nominated Zoellick on May 30, 2007, to replace Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank. On June 25, 2007, Zoellick was approved by the World Bank's executive board.
More Robert Zoellick on Wikipedia.There are questions that are being asked not only in the U.S. but other parts of Asia and Europe about how China will use this growing power.
Cannot take access to the U.S. market for granted.
Closed politics cannot be a permanent feature of Chinese society, ... It is simply not sustainable.
Needs a political transition to make its government responsible and accountable to its people.
We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, hoping to promote other powers in Asia at its expense.
China -- and others that sell to China -- cannot take its access to the U.S. market for granted.
Both are already major influences in world trade. Their participation in the WTO will be a boost for us and them.
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