PDB Situation Report | April 26th, 2025: Inside China’s Struggling Economy & Kashmir Attack Sparks Crisis Between Nuclear Rivals

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: The U.S.-China tariff war continues to simmer. Washington floats the idea of cutting tariffs—while Beijing warns the world not to strike deals with America at its expense. Christopher Balding, a leading expert on Chinese financial markets, joins us to break it down. A brutal terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir leaves 26 civilians dead. Now, tensions are rising between India and Pakistan—two nuclear-armed rivals. Intelligence analyst Siddhant Kishore explains what’s at stake if this turns into something bigger. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.6	All right. Let's get ourselves briefed. We'll start things off with a look at the still simmering, it's simmering U.S.-China-ina tariff war. You've heard about that, haven't you?
1:28.6	New threats, stock of tariff cuts, and a whole lot of posturing. Some might call it vogueing,
1:34.1	but not much progress. We'll speak to a leading expert on the Chinese economy and financial markets,
1:39.3	Christopher Balding, about the latest. Later in the show, a deadly terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir leaves
1:46.2	26 dead, and now India and Pakistan are trading threats, and that's not a good thing. Two nuclear
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