Keynes and Bown explain the recent 90-day agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that puts on hold further tariff escalation between the United States and China. They speak with Mark Wu (Harvard Law) and former Obama administration official Caroline Atkinson about the complexities of negotiating with China over intellectual property enforcement, cyber theft, and the forced transfer of technology arising through joint ventures.

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• Soumaya Keynes. 2018. A trade truce between America and China is over as soon as it began. The Economist, December 8.
• Chad P. Bown. 2018. Why the US Needs Allies in a Trade War Against China. Harvard Business Review, 11 December.