在地区层面，陆克文指出，美国和中国可以致力于制定联合战略，以促进朝鲜半岛的去核化以及最终重新统一、处理长期悬而未决的日本战争史问题、协调地区贸易协议、将东亚峰会办成更全面的亚太共同体等。
On a regional level, Rudd argues, the US and China could work on joint strategies to denuclearize and, ultimately, reunify the Korean Peninsula; tackle the lingering sore of Japan’s war history; harmonize regional trade agreements; and transform the East Asia Summit into a more complete Asia-Pacific Community.