cover of episode Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky

Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky

2019/2/1
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As trade talks with China continue, the DOJ has charged telecom giant Huawei with Iran sanctions violations, bank fraud and more; meanwhle, a million Uyghur Muslims are being interned at Chinese 're-education camps'. We talk with Jeff Wasserstrom, a UCI historian of modern China, about Trump, trade, and human rights in China. Also: Politics after the shutdown -- Harold Meyerson reports, tracing the history of the air traffic controllers from Reagan breaking their union to last week's decisive sick-out at Laguardia airport. Plus: TPS (Temporary Protected Status), the travel ban and Trump -- Sasha Abramsky reports on the human toll of initiatives that are simply cruel.