How Biden Should Approach Student Loans, the Future of US-China Relations, and More

November 19, 2020

Instead of enacting across-the-board student loan forgiveness as Senators Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren propose, Adam Looney says that President-elect Biden should consider targeted policy approaches that eliminate debt for the borrowers that are struggling most.

The incoming Biden-Harris administration will have its hands full with urgent issues, but an increasingly confrontational China should be high on its priority list. Experts from Brookings and the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School dive into an array of pragmatic proposals for how the U.S. should adapt and modernize its policy toward China.

“Farm policies, energy policies, labor policies, transportation policies and a myriad of other areas over which the federal government has responsibility do not develop by themselves. A transition delayed is a transition denied and its consequences are real for the citizens and businesses of the United States,” writes Tom Wheeler.

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