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  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3140
  • 28 Oct 2025
  • 43 min

Is Donald Trump getting softer on trade? The cases of Japan and China

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  • The Monocle Daily
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3140
  • 43 min

The US president indulges in Japanese pageantry ahead of a key meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. Our panel of Patti Cohen and Simon Brooke asks whether Trump is finally ready to make a deal. Plus: Hong Kong-based filmmaker Elizabeth Lo on her controversial new documentary, ‘Mistress Dispeller’.

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  • Andrew Mueller

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