“Mission Accomplished,” trade war edition

Explain It to Me

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4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Congressional reporter Tara Golshan joins Dara and Matt to break down Trump’s kinda sorta trade deal with the EU and ongoing trade tensions with China” References and further reading: Tara's piece on Trump's mischaracterization of the US trade deficit Politico Europe rundown of the trade deal, mentioned by Matt The Weeds has been nominated for this year's People's Choice Podcast Awards! Cast your vote for The Weeds for free before Tuesday, July 31st at podcastawards.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They should send their trade minister out of a trade negotiation.
0:02.5	I just look, yeah, it's funny.
0:04.0	But it's a woman, so I don't think Trump would like her.
0:06.5	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:20.0	Hello! Welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:23.7	I'm Matthew Glacias, here with Darryl Lindt and Tara Gulshin,
0:26.8	and we are going to talk today about trade and trade war.
0:32.5	Trade war is off at least one of the trade wars.
0:36.4	Yeah, we're now fighting like X minus one fronts in the trade war, I would say.
0:41.6	There are fewer fronts. There was a dramatic moment a couple days ago.
0:47.1	Jean-Claude Junger, the president of the European Commission,
0:51.2	which I can explain what that is at some point, was in town.
0:54.3	He had a meeting with Donald Trump and after stock markets closed, I think,
0:58.5	or right near the end of the trading day,
1:00.8	word leaped out that they had reached a deal.
1:03.6	And the trade war was off and shares went briefly skyrocketing,
1:07.9	and people were really excited to hear that all problems had been resolved.
1:13.3	The great deal maker.
1:14.4	And then, yes, the great deal maker.
1:15.9	And then it was one of these things where, you know, it's the Trump administration.
1:19.4	So there was no like briefing call or detailed document.
1:23.3	Instead, they made a joint appearance, which was a little vague.
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