‘Bring me my tariffs’: how Trump’s China plan was 40 years in the making

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s political careers were shaped by their formative experiences in the 1980s – and, above all, their encounters with Japan. By Andrew Liu. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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2:00.2	Bring me my tariffs.
2:02.2	How Trump's China Plan was 40 years in the making.
2:05.5	By Andrew Liu, read by Vincent Lai.
2:12.2	In 2011, Donald Trump spoke before an audience of about 1,000 in Las Vegas, teasing a
2:21.1	prospective, if fanciful, presidential run. Halfway through a rant over Middle East policy
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