Taking Stock: Trump and Xi face the trade test
Business Daily

Taking Stock: Trump and Xi face the trade test

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 202617 min
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What's next for trade, tariffs and AI after Presidents Trump and Xi met at the White House? We examine what was agreed, whether tensions between the world's two biggest economies are easing, and what it could mean for technology, business and global trade. Vishala Sri-Pathma is joined by Henry Wang from the Center for China and Globalization and the AI researcher and author Stephanie Hare. Producer: Josh Martin You can email the team: [email protected]

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. The Business Daily from the BBC World Service, where we're taking stock on the week that President Trump and President Xi cozied up on the red carpet.

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In this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology and super intelligence, SI. The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come.

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If we focus on our common interests, I'm confident there is much we can achieve. Well, that was President Trump. He does like to talk up his guests there. A lot of substance to what he was saying as well, though.

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