US-China Trade Tensions: Outcomes and Strategies

In this week’s Trivium China podcast, Trivium co-founders Andrew Polk and Trey McArver unpack the whirlwind tariff tit-for-tat between the US and China over the past week.

The two discuss:

• Whether we are now locked in an unstoppable escalatory spiral
• Possible off-ramps for de-escalation
• How each side is misreading the other
• The best- and worst-case scenarios from here
• China’s likely policy support for the domestic economy amid sky-high tariffs

Buckle up!