Geopolitical Economy Report
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton
This is the real reason for Trump's visit to China
31 minutes Posted May 14, 2026 at 2:32 pm.
Trump's visit to China
US trade war backfired
Trump joined by top CEOs
Elon Musk
Jensen Huang of Nvidia
Tim Cook of Apple
BlackRock and Blackstone
More CEOs with Trump
US CEOs meet Xi Jinping
USA is an oligarchy
China's massive market
Nvidia lost Chinese market
China's self-sufficiency drive
Manufacturing superpower
Tesla EVs made in Shanghai
US tariffs on Chinese EVs
China has the upper hand
US trade war
China-US trade
Rare earth elements
Critical minerals
New supply chain efforts
Pax Silica
Why US rhetoric changed
Iran war
US sanctions on China
Inflation in USA
Trump is very unpopular
K-shaped economy
Inequality
China exported deflation
US tariffs boost inflation
China in stronger position
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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.
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.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7MnTzKOANg
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