{"id":2282,"date":"2026-05-29T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:35","slug":"this-is-the-real-reason-for-trumps-visit-to-china-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"This is the REAL reason for Trump&#8217;s visit to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7MnTzKOANg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump took a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. He was joined by the CEOs of a dozen top US corporations, including billionaires Elon Musk, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Tim Cook of Apple, Larry Fink of BlackRock, and Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Norton explains how Beijing won the trade war that was started by Washington, how China has significant leverage (in manufacturing, supply chains, critical minerals, and rare earths), and how the US economy is in a very bad state.<\/p>\n<p>Topics<br \/>\n0:00 Trump&#8217;s visit to China<br \/>\n0:27 US trade war backfired<br \/>\n1:25 Trump joined by top CEOs<br \/>\n1:56 Elon Musk<br \/>\n2:20 Jensen Huang of Nvidia<br \/>\n2:47 Tim Cook of Apple<br \/>\n2:58 BlackRock and Blackstone<br \/>\n3:22 More CEOs with Trump<br \/>\n4:17 US CEOs meet Xi Jinping<br \/>\n5:31 USA is an oligarchy<br \/>\n6:23 China&#8217;s massive market<br \/>\n6:57 Nvidia lost Chinese market<br \/>\n8:02 China&#8217;s self-sufficiency drive<br \/>\n9:15 Manufacturing superpower<br \/>\n10:50 Tesla EVs made in Shanghai<br \/>\n11:25 US tariffs on Chinese EVs<br \/>\n12:21 China has the upper hand<br \/>\n13:00 US trade war<br \/>\n14:42 China-US trade<br \/>\n16:08 Rare earth elements<br \/>\n17:07 Critical minerals<br \/>\n18:18 New supply chain efforts<br \/>\n18:59 Pax Silica<br \/>\n19:41 Why US rhetoric changed<br \/>\n20:40 Iran war<br \/>\n22:51 US sanctions on China<br \/>\n24:20 Inflation in USA<br \/>\n25:41 Trump is very unpopular<br \/>\n26:33 K-shaped economy<br \/>\n27:25 Inequality<br \/>\n28:05 China exported deflation<br \/>\n29:31 US tariffs boost inflation<br \/>\n30:27 China in stronger position<br \/>\n31:07 Outro<\/p>\n<p>|| Geopolitical Economy Report ||<\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting us at https:\/\/GeopoliticalEconomy.com\/Support<br \/>\nSubscribe to our newsletter: https:\/\/GeopoliticalEconomy.Report<br \/>\nJoin our community on Patreon: https:\/\/Patreon.com\/GeopoliticalEconomy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump took a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping. 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