Highlights of Stephen Roach's speech at Vision China

Stephen Roach, senior fellow at the Yale University Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, shared his perspectives on trade tensions between China and the United States during a Vision China event in New York on Tuesday.

"We have a lot of problems in the United States. Unfortunately for us, it is very convenient for us - always when we have problems - to blame them on somebody else," said the former chief economist at Morgan Stanley and chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia.

"We did that with the Japanese 30 years ago, we are doing it again with China," Roach said.

The forum, "China-US Relations: 40 Years & Beyond", hosted by China Daily and Bank of China, featured commentary by experts involved in Sino-American relations.