Why Should We Care About the Trump–Xi Summit? | with Michael Sobolik

Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific? by Ray Powell & Jim Carouso

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This week President Donald Trump heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping - the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly a decade. But this isn't 2017 all over again. China is stronger, America's alliances are under strain, the war in Iran has scrambled the chessboard, and the stakes run straight through Taiwan, AI chips, rare earths and critical minerals, and the supply chains the world depends on.

Hosts Ray Powell and Jim Caruso are joined by Michael Sobolik, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance.

Michael unpacks why Trump may be arriving in Beijing with less leverage than he wanted ... 

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Indo-PacificChinaGeopoliticsGray ZoneDiplomacyPRCForeign PolicyGreat Power CompetitionBeijingTrump-Xi Summit
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