Last week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may have brought a respite in the trade war. But it hardly touched the more fundamental drivers of U.S.-Chinese rivalry, a rivalry that has come to shape more and more dimensions of geopolitics, the global economy, and beyond.
Few have spent as much time observing and chronicling the interactions betwee ... Show More
Jun 4
Are America’s Allies Finally Learning to Deal With Trump? A Conversation With Philip H. Gordon and Mara Karlin
Six months ago, Philip Gordon and Mara Karlin wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs about the plight of the United States’ allies in U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. What was surprising, they argued, was not the administration’s cajoling and threats, or all the ways U.S. po ... Show More
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Apr 2025
Tariffs, tensions, and trade: Trump’s gamble on China
Two weeks after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement shook global markets, he has now offered most countries a 90-day reprieve—while simultaneously escalating trade tensions with China by imposing harsher penalties. So far, China has responded by matching each tariff hike ... Show More
30m 26s
Jan 2025
Martin Smith on China Under Xi
<p>Longtime FRONTLINE correspondent and director Martin Smith returns to talk about his latest documentary, <em>China, the U.S. &the Rise of Xi Jinping. </em></p><p>With President Trump vowing larger tariffs in his second term, the documentary examines China’s rise to economi ... Show More
23m 32s
Feb 2025
China Seems Unstoppable. Trump Thinks Otherwise.
<p>Over the past week, President Trump avoided a trade war with Canada and Mexico. But he escalated a trade war with China.</p><p>His reasoning? China has become more powerful in domestic manufacturing than the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea and Britain combined.</p>< ... Show More
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