All right, we are live with Alexander Mercuris in London.

And joining us on the Durand for the first time, we are very honored to have with us.

Professor Kerry Brown, he is a professor of Chinese studies and a director of the Lao China Institute at King's College, London.

Professor Kerry Brown, thank you for joining us on the Duran.

It is a pleasure to have you with us.

Thank you.

And we go ahead, Alexander.

No, it is an absolute and very great pleasure, and I should say that Kerry and I know each other,

and that's why I will be referring to him by his first name.

And I have a link to Professor Kerry Brown's books and all of the work that he has been doing

in the description box down below.

So definitely follow Professor Kerry Brown,

and I will also add the information as a pinned comment when the live stream is over.

A quick hello to everyone that is watching us on Rockfin, on Odyssey,

on Rumble, on YouTube, and on the duran.locals.com.

And a big shout out to our chat moderators as well.

Peter, I see you in the chat.

Thank you for helping us to moderate.

Alexander, Professor Kerry Brown, let's talk about China and the trade tariff wars, Alexander.

Absolutely, because we have had an extraordinary couple of weeks. We had a situation where

we had a liberation day, as Donald Trump called it. He imposed tariffs, 10% tariffs on most countries around the world. He then went ahead

and started to impose what he called reciprocal tariffs on many of the United States as trading

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