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A grand bargain will be hard to strike at the upcoming US-China presidential summit, says a top trade expert.

Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, 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 - who was recently a panellist at SPH Media’s Oct 9 Asia Future Summit - speaks with US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar to unpack what can be expected from President Donald Trump’s Asia trip.

Highlights (click/tap above):

3:09 On the expected Trump-Xi meeting

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

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Host: Bhagyashree Garekar ([email protected])

Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani

Executive producer: Lynda Hong

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Chapters

1. Trump meets Xi: Who'll win the China-US tussle; impact on Asia (00:00:00)

2. Trump-Xi meeting: Purpose? (00:03:09)

3. What China would want (00:06:11)

4. Wendy's gut feel about expected outcome (00:07:39)

5. Singapore: Best deal from Trump? (00:12:00)

6. Seoul may get deal, not New Delhi (00:14:10)

7. Tariff world in coming years? (00:17:19)

8. Apec: Still relevant? (00:23:24)

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