Bonus - The China Consensus and Trump’s Xi Meeting w/ Jake Werner (Preview)

Bonus - The China Consensus and Trump’s Xi Meeting w/ Jake Werner (Preview)

From American Prestige by Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

May 17, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

Danny and Derek discuss the U.S. consensus on China with guest Jake Werner, covering various aspects of U.S.-China relations and policies.

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek are once again joined by Jake Werner, director of the East Asia Program at ⁠the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft⁠, this time to talk about the development of the U.S. consensus on China. They delve into the neoliberal engagement with China, the 2008 financial crisis, Xi Jinping’s response, Trump’s first-term China policy, and the Biden administration’s approach. They then analyze Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping, tariffs, rare earths, Taiwan, Iran, and the prospects for stabilizing U.S.-China relations. Read Jake’s piece “An Opening for a New US–China Economic Relationship.” Follow Quincy on YouTube. And, of course, subscribe to our YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hosts: Danny, Derek

Guest: Jake Werner

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Organizations: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Quincy

Places: China, U.S., Taiwan, Iran

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