Does Trump need China to end the war in Iran?
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What are the implications of Trump's state visit to China?
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Donald Trump has landed in Beijing for his first trip to China since his second term began. And the stakes are pretty high. We've got talks that will be looking at everything from trade, artificial intelligence, relations with Taiwan,
How does the fragile ceasefire in Iran affect US-China relations?
But underpinning it all is Donald Trump's really unpopular war in Iran. And that's what's going to make this trip difficult. He is under pressure at home where voters don't like it. His cabinet members are coming under pressure from Congress about the spending and the strategy. Will Donald Trump ask China to speak to its close friend and ally, Iran, about ending this war, about doing a peace deal? Could China help get the Iranians to the table? And should Donald Trump even accept their help if they offer it?
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Hello, it's Sarah here in the BBC's Washington Bureau. And it's Anthony right across the table from Sarah here in Washington, D.C.
What role do tech CEOs play in Trump's negotiations with China?
At about 10 o'clock in the morning here, so 3 o'clock in the afternoon in London. I don't know what time it is in Beijing, actually, but whatever time it is, Donald Trump has just landed there on this big state visit to China. Sadly, neither you nor I are there with him, Anthony, but it's a big deal, isn't it?
It is a big deal. This is the first trip he's taken to China since his first term. Joe Biden didn't go to China at all. So this is first U.S. presidential trip to Beijing since Donald Trump went there during his first terms. And the stakes are quite high.
Often U.S.
Can China influence a peace deal in Iran?
presidents go there to talk about. military, national security kind of things or to pressure the Chinese into changing their economic system or, you know, looking for some kind of fundamental reforms. It seems like Donald Trump's more likely to go there and do a bunch of economic deals than push for some kind of major change.
Well, yeah, if you look at the people he's bringing along with him, a selection of various corporate leaders from across the United States, the head of NVIDIA, Elon Musk is going to be there, the head of some financial companies, the head of Boeing. It is essentially, it seems like, at least by Donald Trump's perspective, this is a business deal-making trip. But the reality is there's so much more to U.S.-China relations than just opening up China to new business deals. There's the Iran war. Of course, there's trade. A year ago, it seemed like the U.S. and China were on the verge of a trade war with tariffs up over 100 percent.
What are the allegations against FBI Director Kash Patel?
And they got walked back in the ensuing months and then kind of put on ice during that Trump-Xi trade. meeting at the airport in South Korea. But that still looms over these negotiations, plus Taiwan, plus national security issues, plus AI and regulating AI. There's a lot of stuff they could talk about. The question is, what will they say and what will come out of this, if anything?
Yeah, I was fascinated looking at the list of chief executives who were on the plane with Donald Trump trying to work out what that meant for his priorities. And as you say, it was people like Tim Cook from Apple, Elon Musk, the head of Boeing, because we know for sure that they want to get China to buy more Boeing planes. And it was being reported that Jensen Wang from NVIDIA had not been invited. And that was really fascinating because, of course, NVIDIA make the high-powered computer chips that China needs for AI. And it's like the one bit of leverage that America really has is being able to stop companies like NVIDIA selling these chips to China.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of Trump's state visit to China?
0:00–1:05
2
How does the fragile ceasefire in Iran affect US-China relations?
1:05–2:12
3
What role do tech CEOs play in Trump's negotiations with China?
2:12–2:44
4
Can China influence a peace deal in Iran?
2:44–3:41
5
What are the allegations against FBI Director Kash Patel?
3:41–4:38
6
How is Trump's approach to the Iran war perceived domestically?
4:38–5:13
7
What challenges does Trump face in negotiating with China?
5:13–5:57
8
How might Trump's relationship with Xi impact future US-China relations?
5:57–32:24
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