Antoni Slodkowski
@slodek
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for Reuters based in China Also on: https://bsky.app/profile/antonislodkowski.bsky.social
reuters.com/world/inside-c… - read to understand why after weeks of tough rhetoric Beijing decided to sit down at the table with Trump's team to talk tariffs.
I discussed the US-China trade war with our podcast editor and Don:
🔊 Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have a lot to lose in this tariff fight. Who will blink first? US Foreign Policy Editor Don Durfee and Chief Politics & General News Correspondent for China @slodek join our weekend podcast. Tune in now reut.rs/4lCrrhf
Reupping our story from last night here - China has put bureaucrats on "wartime' footing, sent official letters to other countries to coordinate opposition to US tariffs, and flew in its ambassadors to Beijing to discuss the response - more scoopy details inside:
The combative approach marked a hard turn for Beijing, which had tried to avoid a spiraling trade war. reuters.com/markets/how-ch…
nytimes.com/2025/05/17/bus… via @NYTimes great story by my wife Alexandra Talty!