
About this episode
Da Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University in Beijing, joins us to discuss tariffs, the prospects of a trade deal, Russia’s global role, and the coming multipolar order.
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- 00:53 Was China prepared for Trump’s tariffs?
- 02:55 Does Washington want to decouple from China or rebalance trade?
- 08:49 Is the US improvising or following a plan?
- 11:57 What can China do to influence US policy?
- 15:49 Can China invest in the US?
- 20:46 Increasing domestic consumption in China
- 30:25 Can trade and Taiwan be linked?
- 35:20 Russia’s position in the world
- 43:26 What will multipolarity look like?
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