Trump and Xi Meet as Superpower Pressure Builds

About this episode

The episode discusses the U.S.-China summit amid rising tensions and features insights from a U.K. antitrust regulator.

The much-hyped summit between the U.S. and China leaders is pitted against a backdrop of increasing mistrust; plus one of the U.K.’s most senior antitrust regulators tells us about her priorities this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: senior antitrust regulator

Topics covered

• U.S.-China relations
• summit
• mistrust
• antitrust regulation
• global politics

Keywords

• Trump
• Xi
• U.S.-China summit
• mistrust
• antitrust
• regulation
• global politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.K., antitrust regulators

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