weifeng zhong. guest: good morning. host: how would you describe the current relations between the u.s. and china? guest:

zhong, how different is anthony blinken's message then the message from the trump administration? >> guest: it sounds very much the same which really gets back to the point that i see more continuation in terms of china policy than difference for the first two months after president trump took office and not only because all these china measures put out toward the end of the trump administration are still there but it is because the rhetoricti, they have been sayig the same thing for the past few years now. the competition in china is really no longer about the trade deficit that the u.s. is having with china but more on the national security grid. all these issue areas, secretary lincoln mentioned hong kong, taiwan, obviously the genocide in that region of china and we are all of huge concerns to the western world because at the beginning of engaging with china, to understand this you have to think back about the past 20 years since they've joined the wto. in the beginning, the past 20 years theyst emphasized the non- economic consequence of trade whand why do i say that? as we a

weifeng zhong. guest: the caller points out something important, international organizations such as the wto and others have shown us that the who has a similar problem, when a player enters such as china in a way that is irresponsible that damages the rules that nations in those organizations are abiding by, the challenge comes when that behavior considered violating rules occurs. how are those nations in the international organizations going to punish china? punishment is what we consider a public good. one nation publishing china will benefit other nations who also want to punish china but may not necessarily want to show the economic cost. the trump administration has been conducting an experiment to unilaterally punish china. the trade war with china is certainly an example. it comes at a high cost to american consumers and american businesses. what the biden administration now is trying to do, including the news that came out yesterday about coordinated sanctions against forced labor in the uy

weifeng zhong. guest: good morning. host: how would you describe the current relations between the u.s. and china? guest: the current relations are just as tense as when president biden -- former president trump was in office. this is a continuation of increasing tensions between the u.s. and china and the aspect of national security. the united states has been

weifeng zhong. guest: the caller points out something important, international organizations such as the wto and others have shown us that the who has a similar problem, when a player enters such as china in a way that is irresponsible that damages the rules that nations in those organizations are abiding by, the challenge comes when that behavior considered violating rules occurs. how are those nations in the international organizations going to punish china? punishment is what we consider a public good. one nation publishing china will benefit other nations who also want to punish china but may not necessarily want to show the economic cost. the trump administration has been conducting an experiment to unilaterally punish china. the trade war with china is certainly an example. it comes at a high cost to american consumers and american businesses. what the biden administration now is trying to do, including the news that came out yesterday about coordinated sanctions against forced labor in the uy

weifeng zhong. guest: good morning. host: how would you describe the current relations between the u.s. and china? guest: the current relations are just as tense as when president biden -- former presid

weifeng zhong. guest: good morning. host: how would you describe the current relations between the u.s. and china? guest: the current relations are just as tense as when president biden -- former president trump was in office. this is a continuation of increasing tensions between the u.s. and china and the aspect of national security. the united states has been engaging, sort of in a romantic way, in china economically. there has been increasing security concerns coming from china, and now last friday in alaska, the contentious meeting is on full display. host: that is part of the reason we are having you on, to check in on u.s.-china relations. this was the first significant meeting between leaders of china and the u.s. government could secretary of state antony blinken there, and the leader of the foreign affairs chief or the chinese communist party. he was there as well. what was the stated purpose of that meeting? guest: the purpose was because china was trying to make connections with the u.s. officials in charge.