In this week’s podcast interview, WPR associate editor Elliot Waldman talks with former top U.S. diplomat Susan Thornton about the prospects for restarting U.S. trade talks with China, as well as nuclear negotiations with North Korea. They also discuss what the protests in Hong Kong mean for Beijing.

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