The US-China trade war update podcast brings you the latest in the ongoing US-China trade war from the South China Morning Post based in Hong Kong, an editorial team with deep contacts on both sides. Each week political economy journalist Finbarr Bermingham wraps the latest developments in tariffs, diplomacy and economy from reporters and editors at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
This week: Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney and political economy editor Zhou Xin analyse the context of next week’s planned signing of the phase one trade deal; how China avoids being drawn into Trump’s brand of reality-TV politics; the US Senators aiming to scale up their anti-China legislation after the phase one trade deal is signed; the grim reality of a ‘phase 2’ trade deal and Cissy Zhou reports from Taiwan on how the elections are being influenced by the US-China trade war.
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Jump to a segment within the podcast using the time-stamps below:
0:00:15 Intro from Finbarr Bermingham
0:02:27 China wants to sign this deal, but not as the weaker side
0:03:20 Why Vice Prime Minister Liu He is not using his ‘special envoy’ title
0:04:05 How Trump’s tweet torpedoed the signing of the deal
0:06:17 Trump’s impeachment battle and need for good optics
0:07:33 Classic Trump strategy to keep everyone off balance
0:08:38 How China is avoiding being involved in the Trump election narrative
0:09:20 What China is saying about the phase 2 trade deal
0:10:20 What Washington sources say about the phase 2 trade deal
0:11:15 What China-related US legislation is coming in 2020
0:12:07 Why China will never agree to a phase 2 deal
0:13:00 Trade deal versus growing US restrictions on Chinese tech
0:14:26 Anti-China lawmakers in US emboldened to a tougher stance
0:15:20 Who are the 5 US Senators who lead the anti-China stance
0:16:04 Cissy Zhou report from Taipei on Taiwanese elections
0:17:23 How the US-China trade war has influenced campaign rhetoric
0:18:35 Tsai Ing-wen using companies moving to Taiwan as electoral boost
0:21:14 How both parties are using social media to argue business investment in Taiwan
0:22:30 Finbarr Bermingham summary
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