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China’s Strategy for Trump (w/Kurt Campbell)
President Trump heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping at a moment of growing instability in the Middle East and rising anxiety across Asia.
In this episode, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell joins Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer to preview the summit and discuss:
Why China increasingly believes the United States is in decline
Xi Jinping’s read of Donald Trump
Whether Trump might shift U.S. policy on Taiwan or semiconductor export controls
How the Iran war is factoring into China’s strategy
What comes next in the U.S.-China competition
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