US-China Summit Results In 100-Day Plan To Tackle Trade Issues

FILE - In this Friday, April 7, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. when Trump was meeting again with Xi with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China’s ally, North Korea. North Korea has vowed to bolster its defenses to protect itself against airstrikes like the ones Trump ordered against an air base in Syria. The North called the airstrikes “absolutely unpardonable” and said it proves that its nuclear weapons are justified to protect the country against Washington’s “evermore reckless moves for a war.“
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon / AP Photo
FILE - In this Friday, April 7, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. when Trump was meeting again with Xi with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China’s ally, North Korea. North Korea has vowed to bolster its defenses to protect itself against airstrikes like the ones Trump ordered against an air base in Syria. The North called the airstrikes “absolutely unpardonable” and said it proves that its nuclear weapons are justified to protect the country against Washington’s “evermore reckless moves for a war.“
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon / AP Photo

US-China Summit Results In 100-Day Plan To Tackle Trade Issues

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Last week’s Mar-a-Lago meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping resulted in a 100-day plan to address trade imbalances.

For analysis, we turn to Ted Fishman, author of China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World. He explains how much room the two countries have to modify their trade relationship.