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PDB Situation Report | May 10th, 2025: Xi’s Weak Hand: U.S.-China Showdown & India And Pakistan On The Brink
10 May 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The U.S. and China are set for high-stakes trade negotiations this weekend—but tensions are running high. Author Gordon Chang joins us to explain what’s really at stake. In South Asia, India and Pakistan are once again exchanging fire across the border, just weeks after a deadly terror attack in Kashmir. Are we witnessing the start of a larger regional conflict? Jeff Smith from The Heritage Foundation helps us break it down. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the PDB Situation Report. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. Alright, let's get briefed. We're kicking things off with this weekend's high-stakes showdown. The US and China are headed to the negotiating table on Saturday. Well, don't expect smiles and handshakes, although that would be nice. Arthur Gordon Chang joins us to break it down.
Later in the show, India and Pakistan trade blows, just weeks after the Kashmir terror attack. Is this tit for tat just the beginning? Well, Jeff Smith, Director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, he'll stop by for more on that. But first, the Situation Report Spotlight. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson heads to Switzerland this weekend. Oh, that sounds posh. Leading a U.S.
delegation for high-stakes trade talks with China. It's the first serious attempt to diffuse the economic standoff sparked by President Trump's tariff blitz. The White House says tariffs could come down if talks go well. But, as you could imagine, that's a big if.
While both sides have made quiet concessions in recent weeks, including China easing some retaliatory tariffs, well, there's still deep mistrust on both ends. So, should we expect progress or just political theater? I'm going to vote for political theater. Heute mit mir ist Gordon Chang, Autor von Plan Red, Chinas Projekt, um Amerika zu zerstören. Du kannst ihn auf X folgen, Gordon G. Chang.
Und ich suggeriere, dass du das tust. Ich suggeriere nicht nur, ich versuche tatsächlich, dass du das tust. Gordon, danke sehr, dass du zurückgekommen bist auf den Situation Report. Danke, Mike. Also, wir haben dieses Meeting in Schweizerland. If you could talk a little bit about who will be involved and, and I know this is speculation, but what you anticipate to come out of this weekend meetings.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and US Trade Representative Jameson Greer will be meeting one or more vice premiers from China. You know, the Senate actually started saying that this meeting would be talking about talking. Trump a few hours ago said, well, you know, we need something to come out of this meeting.
And of course he tweeted or he put on Truth Social that 80% tariffs seemed about right. That would be down from a general rate of 145. But on some Chinese products, the rate is actually 245 because of the existing tariffs. I don't know where this is going to go. The Chinese are hanging very tough.
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