Emily Kilcrease is a senior fellow and director of the energy, economics, and security program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, where she studies the U.S.-China economic relationship. Kilcrease previously served as a deputy assistant U.S. trade representative (USTR), as a director on the National Security Council (NSC) for international trade, investment, and development, and as the Commerce Department official overseeing Committee on Forei