joseph gregory mahoney when he, thanks for joining us on their programs, they really appreciate it. at best up. how would you assess the behavior of us officials regarding chinese electric cost is a full in line with the free trade practices. but the us preaches. well, let's look at the bigger picture. first of us attacks against trying to see these are part of a much larger trade war and studies prove american consumer, sir. consumers and businesses have encouraged, significant loss is due to these policies, reports estimate as many as 300000 american jobs have been loss along with half a percentage point to about gdp. it's also contributed to inflation, a leading cause of discontent among us others. now, despite these losses, uh, the u. s. continues to expand the policies that created them by their objectives seem to include increasing economic pressure on china to induce popular discontent . frustrating china is structural reforms slowing. china is rises a, a technological society, true tactic, counseling, and pushing china into a middle income trip. more specifically, the us is

that's close to live now, so it goes if gregory mahoney is a professor of politics, i'm interested in relations. i've been trying and only university bank. so i for joining us here today. interesting times it was the manual, like one seems to, it seems to me to change gears here a little bit, wants to restart business relations with china. how does this fit with a need, his desires. and so the best relations and with basing i'm 5 and that's an incoming dependence, as well as you know, we would call them a crown joining the g. seven's call for the risking. what's many in china regard is a politically polite term for the coupling. one that seems to accommodate the road to a new cold war paradigm. but we also recall on the chrome visiting china enthusiastically seeking better trade relations. and now we see him posting a present as she at a state visit with the state visit, which would be impossible now in, in washington or london. now these contradictory approaches, perhaps seem skipped towards us, especially in a world that increasingly seems to demand uh, choosing one side or another