As President Trump’s team continues trade negotiations in Beijing this week, we bring you this recently recorded conversation between GPS professors Natalia Ramondo, Barry Naughton and Victor Shih. They discuss the current threat of tariffs by both countries, and implications on multilateral trade norms, the effectiveness of Chinese industrial policy and American innovation strategy.

Natalia Ramondo is an associate professor of economics at GPS, Barry Naughton is the Sokwanlok professor of international affairs, and Victor Shih is the Ho Miu Lam professor of political science.

This episode was recorded at UC San Diego

Editor: Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Lara Sievert
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project