April 17th, 2025: China Finally Blinks In Tariff War & Gaza Talks Collapse Again

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China signals a possible retreat in the trade war, saying it’s open to talks—but only if President Trump shows some “respect.” Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal, which included a pause in fighting and negotiations to disarm Gaza militants. The U.S. and Iran are set to resume nuclear talks in Rome, but Tehran says uranium enrichment is off the table. And in today’s Back of the Brief: A Pentagon shakeup—two senior Defense Department officials, including a top adviser to Pete Hegseth, have been placed on leave as part of a leak investigation. 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 TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.9	You're going to say. It's Thursday, the 17th of April.
0:44.5	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:46.7	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:50.4	Let's get briefed.
0:52.1	We'll start things off with another update on the heated trade conflict between the U.S. and China.
0:58.4	After days of back-and-forth retaliations and recriminations, Beijing now says it's open to talks,
1:05.5	but only if President Trump shows some respect.
1:10.0	Later in the show, Hamas has rejected Israel's latest ceasefire offer.
1:14.5	Ooh, look, I'm currently wearing my not-surprised face.
1:18.1	The proposal called for a pause in fighting, the release of more hostages and even talks on disarming Gaza militants.
1:24.8	But Hamas isn't budging.
1:27.0	And in part, they're not budging because, well,
1:29.4	frankly, they really don't care how many Gaza residents have died as a result of Hamas's
1:35.2	7 October 23 attacks and Israel's subsequent response. Plus, the latest on negotiations
1:42.2	between the U.S. and Iran. Iran's foreign minister says uranium enrichment is non-negotiable, just days before talks resume in Rome.
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