EA on BBC: Trump, Tariffs, and the G20 Summit

Posted by Scott Lucas | Nov 30, 2018 | 0

Donald Trump, Mexico’s Ernesto Peña Nieto, and Canada’s Justin Trudeau sign the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement — a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement — at the G20 summit, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30, 2018

I joined BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday morning to discuss the G20 summit in Argentina, focusing on Donald Trump’s trade war with China.

Will Trump play aggressive or nice at the summit? Is there any coherent American policy behind the Trump bluster and appeal to his supporters in the US? And how will other G20 leaders, include China’s Xi Jinping, respond?

We also discuss the motives behind Trump’s sabotage of the Brexit plan of UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

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About The Author

Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.