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U.S. President Donald Trump’s China policy often seems deliberately ambiguous. Is that a virtue or a flaw? Kurt Campbell is a longtime China watcher who rose up to run Asia policy under the Biden administration. He was the original architect of the so-called “pivot to Asia” during the Obama administration. He joins FP Live to discuss Trump, former U.S. President Joe Biden, and the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on Trump’s Board of Peace.
Aaron David Miller: Billions in Pledges Expected for Trump’s Board of Peace but Doubts Persist
Mira Rapp-Hooper and Ely Ratner: Washington’s Silence in Asia Is a Gift to Beijing
New York Times: On China, Trump Is Rolling the Dice on America’s Future
Foreign Affairs: The U.S.-China Crisis Waiting to Happen
A. Wess Mitchell: The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Foreign Policy
Craig Singleton: China Grapples with Trump’s Radical Use of Power
Lili Pike: Did Biden Get China Right?
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