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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? Read Bhagyashree Garekar’s articles: https://str.sg/whNo Bhagyashree Garekar’s LinkedIn: https://str.sg/gD6E Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters Host: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg) Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani Executive producer: Lynda Hong Follow Asian Insider Podcast on Fridays here: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg --- Follow more ST podcast channels: All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7 Get more updates: http://str.sg/stpodcasts The Usual Place Podcast YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa --- Get The Straits Times app, which has a dedicated podcast player section: The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX --- #STAsianInsider See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |