How the Hong Kong Autonomy Act will work; analysing Joe Biden's China policy; two years of trade war

07/10/20 • 36 min

Political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter join Finbarr Bermingham to analyse how Donald Trump's Hong Kong Autonomy Act will impact business here, and reflect on the past turbulent two years of trade war. Hear an in-depth interview with Clark Jennings, former White House advisor on a potential Biden presidency and what aspects of Trump’s policies toward China would be kept and which would be changed.

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How China reads Bolton's book; analysing chaotic US talk of dead deals and decoupling

SCMP political economy editor Zhou Xin has a copy of John Bolton's book 'The Room Where It Happened' and discusses what its revelations mean for Chinese readers; Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney unpicks the rollercoaster week of statements from Navarro, Ross and Trump, the talk of decoupling the US and China as well as analysing of how Trump will use the trade deal to leverage his popularity with his rural base for the upcoming election. Presented by Finbarr Bermingham.

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