Trump's China trip was a failure. This is why

About this episode

Ben Norton analyzes the failure of Trump's visit to China and the repercussions of the US trade war.

Donald Trump said his visit to China was a success, but he failed to pressure Beijing to make any significant concessions. Ben Norton fact-checks the claims of the White House, showing how Washington's trade war backfired, hard, on the US economy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM Topics 0:00 Trump's visit to China 0:41 US trade war 2:01 The trip was a failure 3:17 CEOs of US corporations 4:24 Iran & Strait of Hormuz 7:42 Trade & investment 9:14 Rare earth elements 11:58 Trade war failure 12:42 Boeing airplanes 13:52 Agricultural products 15:05 Nvidia & chips 18:19 USA failed 20:05 Trump's empty threats 20:35 Problems in US economy 22:38 Outro

People in this episode

Host: Ben Norton

Topics covered

• Trump's visit to China
• US trade war
• economic impact
• corporate interests
• agricultural products
• technology and chips

Keywords

• Trump
• China
• trade war
• economy
• Boeing
• Nvidia
• agriculture
• rare earth elements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House, Boeing, Nvidia

Places: China, US, Strait of Hormuz

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