Despite promising to cut the US trade deficit in the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump must today grapple with an even larger gap today, despite his trade war. Meanwhile, China has announced TikTok is now on a list of Chinese companies prohibited to exchange technology with the US. How will it play out? Finbarr Bermingham is joined by political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter to discuss what's next. #scmppodcasts #tradewar