What Trump Really Wants From China

President Trump was meant to fly to Beijing this week for major trade talks, but instead he’s staying home to manage the Iran War. It’s an apt metaphor for America’s decades-long failure to refocus on Asia and reckon with China’s rise. Does Trump have a plan for dealing with America’s top rival? If so, what is it? Ali Wyne is a perceptive analyst of U.S.-China competition and author of America’s Great Power Opportunity . He joined Jon Bateman on The World Unpacked to explain why Beijing hasn’t saved Iran; what Washington’s bipartisan “consensus” on China still misses; and how Trump should negotiate when he finally sits down with Xi Jinping.

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What Trump Really Wants From China is an episode from DiploPod by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

This episode is 00:52:02 long.

This episode was published on Apr 3, 2026.

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