Our program starts by reviewing the 200-year history of trade between the United States and China. We examine key trade concepts such as comparative advantage, free trade, trade barriers and tariffs and how that relationship grew to a 580 billion exchange of goods and services. We review the scale and scope of the current United States - China trade relationship and some of the recent and upcoming changes made by the United States and Chinese governments to the policies that define that relationship. In the 2nd half of our program, we examine the impact of trade through the eyes of 3 families in the United States and 3 families in China. By examining the experiences of these families both as producers and consumers, our trade discussion examines how trade impacts real people. We then ask ourselves what should be the goal of the United States - China trading relationship and is that relationship contributing to global peace or conflict?