As the trade war escalates between China and the US, Australia is increasingly wedged. The country faces its biggest strategic challenge in modern history, while around it the global systems of trade are at threat of being torn apart. Mike Seccombe on how the US became the radical actor in this story.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

Background reading:

Australia’s China dilemma in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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