Episode Details

A grand bargain will be hard to strike at the upcoming US-China presidential summit, says top trade expert.

Synopsis: The Straits Times gets its US Bureau Chief to analyse the hottest political and trending talking points.

In this episode, former US trade negotiator Wendy Cutler, a panellist at SPH Media’s Oct 9 Asia Future Summit, speaks to US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar to unpack what can be expected from President Donald Trump’s Asia trip.

Highlights (click/tap above):

3:09 Why the Trump-Xi meeting still remains unconfirmed

6:11 What China wants out of the meeting

7:39 Wendy Cutler’s gut feel on the summit outcome

12:00 Did Singapore get the ‘best deal’ out of Trump?

14:10 Seoul may get a deal, not New Delhi

17:19 ‘We're gonna be living in a tariff world for the next 3.5 years’

23:34 Is the sun setting on Apec?

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Bhagyashree Garekar’s LinkedIn: https://str.sg/gD6E 

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Host: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg) 

Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani

Executive producer: Lynda Hong

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