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PBS News Hour

Trump-Xi agreement a 'fragile truce,' Pottinger says

Episode 303 | 6m 26s

For another view on the Trump-Xi meeting, Amna Nawaz spoke with Matt Pottinger. He was deputy national security adviser in the first Trump administration and spearheaded China policy as the confrontation with Beijing accelerated. He now serves as chairman of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank.

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