Trump's Trade War

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🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The inside story of President Trump’s gamble to confront China over trade. Reporting from the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate what led the world’s two largest economies to the brink, and the billions at stake.

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0:22.0	But back to the Frontline Audio Cast, here is the audio cast of Trump's Trade War, broadcast
0:27.8	May 7th on PBS.
0:30.0	The narrator and correspondent is Laura Sullivan.
0:33.0	The Trade Tensions are flaring up between the US and China.
0:51.0	With President Trump upping the pressure for a trade deal with China,
0:54.2	President Trump announcing plans to increase tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese
0:58.3	goods.
0:59.3	Frontline and NPR correspondent Laura Sullivan investigate.
1:09.5	The forces behind the conflict.
1:11.3	We're not in a trade war, we're in a economic war.
1:14.3	Both here and abroad.
1:15.7	This is a great power struggle.
1:17.5	Do you think that Americans should be worried?
1:19.7	Oh, yes.
1:20.7	I think so.
1:21.7	And what's at stake?
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