Trump's Trade War, China's Warning, and Europe's Challenge

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Ravi Agrawal, Ken Moriyasu, and Anna Sauerbrey join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.
Finland's President Alexander Stubb (from left), France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan sit at the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine at Lancaster House, London on March 2, 2025. Play Video
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About This Episode

This week before delivering his address to Congress, President Trump sparked a trade war with America’s three largest trading partners—Canada, Mexico, and China—triggering swift retaliatory tariffs and rattling global markets. Meanwhile, during China’s National People’s Congress annual meeting, Premier Li Qiang announced increased defense spending, reaffirmed Taiwan reunification plans, and declared readiness to fight "any type" of war in response to Trump’s tariffs. And after last week's fiery Trump-Zelensky clash, the US has paused arms and intelligence support for Ukraine. Can a European “coalition of the willing” step up as America pulls back? Ravi Agrawal, Ken Moriyasu, and Anna Sauerbrey join guest host Carla Anne Robbins on World Review to unpack this week’s top global news stories.

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About the Panelists
Ravi Agrawal
Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Ravi Agrawal is editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Prior to joining FP, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent.
Ken Moriyasu
Washington Correspondent, Nikkei Asia
Ken Moriyasu
Ken is the Washington correspondent for Nikkei Asia, the English-language arm of Japanese media group Nikkei. Born in Chicago, Ken has been with Nikkei for over two decades, serving as a correspondent in Tokyo, Washington DC, Cairo, Beijing, Dalian and New York. He was the last journalist to interview Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in January 2006, one day before his stroke..
Ken Moriyasu
Anna Sauerbrey
Foreign Editor, Die Zeit
Dr. Anna Sauerbrey
Dr. Anna Sauerbrey is the foreign editor at the German largest weekly newspaper, Die Zeit. Before assuming this position, she was deputy editor-in-chief at Der Tagesspiegel, a daily newspaper based in Berlin. She has written about German politics in The New York Times and comments on German and international politics on public German radio and television programs.
Dr. Anna Sauerbrey
Carla Anne Robbins
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Headshot of Carla Anne Robbins
Before joining CFR, Carla Anne Robbins was the deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times and chief diplomatic correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. She is also faculty director of the MIA program at Baruch College's Marxe School.
Headshot of Carla Anne Robbins
Issues Global Politics US Foreign Policy
Regions China Europe North America
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