China & the Hill: Presidents Trump and Xi Discuss Taiwan and Trade as Washington Builds Minerals Bloc

About this episode

This episode discusses the recent discussions between Presidents Trump and Xi regarding Taiwan and trade amidst Washington's efforts to build a minerals bloc.

Read China & the Hill on Substack China & the Hill is a weekly newsletter covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the U.S.-China Podcast .

People in this episode

Host: National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Topics covered

• U.S.-China relations
• trade
• Taiwan
• politics
• minerals

Keywords

• U.S.-China relations
• Trump
• Xi
• Taiwan
• trade
• minerals
• politics

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Places: Washington DC, Taiwan

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