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David Gergen: “But that's what we thought he was going to do on China. You know, we did not he would let go this far, that he would…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
But that's what we thought he was going to do on China. You know, we did not he would let go this far, that he would find a compromise and work his way out of this, and now, here we are, what amounts to a full scale trade war with China, and the relationship is deteriorating rapidly.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the implications of Trump's actions on the trade war with China.

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