The President Takes On China, Alone

<p>Years of multinational efforts have failed to get China to play by the international rules of trade. Now, President Trump has launched an all-out trade war in which the United States is confronting China on its own. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, spoke with Peter S. Goodman, an economics correspondent. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>The intensifying trade war between the United States and China, the two largest economies on earth, has become the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/business/us-china-trade-war-economy.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> biggest threat to the global economy</a>.</li><li>Both countries seem to be<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/upshot/us-china-trade-war.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> hardening their positions in ways that will be difficult to resolve</a> with the mutual face-saving that typically facilitates trade deals.</li></ul>