Canadians with Chinese-made EVs could face a new border headache. “Buy another car because their car will not be allowed in the United States,” Sen. Bernie Moreno tells @politico.com Canada Playbook via @mickeydjuric.bsky.social www.politico.com/newsletters/... 🚗🔌

Taiwan's ambassador finds his voice: Trump heard "a lot about Taiwan" during the summit, "the problem is, he heard only their side of the story. He heard the Chinese story. The Taiwan story is one of resiliency, of standing up against Chinese aggression" www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

The grandeur of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing appears to have triggered Trump's ballroom fixation. "China has a Ballroom, and so should the U.S.A.! It’s under construction and will be the finest facility of its kind anywhere in the U.S.A." truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

What happened on the first day of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing? I joined @politico.com Playbook podcast this AM with Jack Blanchard & AlexGangitano to unpack the key takeaways of the meeting — and previewed what's coming up next. open.spotify.com/episode/1Nsx...

A Tale of Two Readouts: Here's what's in the WH readout of the Trump-Xi meeting but conspicuously absent in the Chinese readout: 1. Chinese investment into the U.S. 2. fentanyl 3. Hormuz 4. Chinese purchases of U.S. oil. 5. Agreement that Iran "can never have a nuclear weapon"🤔

Reporters covering the Trump-Xi summit take note: Foreign media in China targeted with "temporary detention, visa revocation, and a growing pattern of intimidation directed at interview partners & journalists, and denial of access to official events." fccchina.org/2026/04/20/f...

Trump's Hormuz blockade may roil his upcoming summit with China's leader Xi Jinping “I think it genuinely risks the summit or at least poisons the atmosphere. It’s a direct message to Xi before they even sit down" via @politico.com Morning Trade login.politicopro.com?redirect=htt...

Spoiler alert - the Supreme Court has ruled that Trump can no longer randomly impose tariffs on a whim.

Taiwan's former presidential hopeful Ko Wen-je is going to prison for 17 years on graft charges. bit.ly/4bJyY9V This is my @politico.com interview with him here in D.C. in 2023 when he was still a contender www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...

I'm on today's @politico.com “Playbook Canada” podcast w/ @mickeydjuric.bsky.social & Nick Taylor-Vaisey parsing a POLITICO Poll that suggests Donald Trump is making China great again.Listen here: www.politico.com/podcasts/pla...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi issues a death threat against Taiwan citizens who defy"reunification": "Resolving the Taiwan question is a historic process that cannot be stopped. Those who support it are on the right side of history; those who defy it shall perish" www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/2...

Campaigners for the release of imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai say they'll keep up the pressure on Olympic ski champion Eileen Gu to speak out on Lai's behalf. In today's @politico.com California Playbook bit.ly/4b8wkLK

"The furor over Trump's comments about U.S. weapon sales to Taiwan may spur bipartisan support for legislation from Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore) and John Curtis (R-Utah) aimed to codify the Six Assurances as law" via @politico.com NatSec Daily www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Rep @rokhanna.bsky.social delivered on his pledge to lambaste the Trump administration’s Taiwan policy in a committee hearing today. Khanna accused Trump of “appeasement” by allegedly soft-pedaling U.S. support for Taiwan. GOP pushed back @politico.com NatSecDaily www.politico.com/newsletters/...

GOP committee members pushed back hard. “I will just object to some of the points you made,” committee chair John Moolenaar. Rep. Andy Barr pointed to the National Defense Strategy's "first island chain" reference as proof the U.S. isn't "abandoning" Taiwan 🧵2/3

Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social accused the Trump administration of “appeasement” toward Beijing by allegedly soft-pedaling U.S. support for Taiwan in China committee hearing today. “He treats Taiwan as a ‘bargaining chip’ in trade negotiations with China." www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bD... 🧵1/3

Rep. @RoKhanna will make the focus of today's House Select Committee on the CCP hearing Trump's "failed China policy" and concerns the administration is using Taiwan as a "bargaining chip" with Beijing via @politico.com NatSec Daily. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Sister Rosa! 🫡🫡🫡

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) has basically become the GOP's last man standing in his willingness to speak out about perceived national security and privacy risks linked to TikTok and the deal the Trump administration sealed this week that will allow the app to continue to operate in the U.S.

Trump takes time at Davos to lavish (his now routine) praise for Xi Jinping. Not sure how that might land in Manila and Taipei 🧐 "President Xi of China is an incredible man. What he's done is amazing. He's highly respected by everybody" www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...

"The Trump administration’s arrest of Venezuela's NICOLÁS MADURO last week has prompted warnings from a trio of Taiwan-friendly GOP lawmakers to China’s leader XI JINPING: Don’t try a similar operation targeting Taiwan’s President LAI CHING-TE" @politico.com bit.ly/45oubIX

Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social has a couple of not-so-modest goals as he takes the reins as the new ranking member of the House Select Committee on the CCP — save TikTok and sell semiconductors to Beijing @politico.com bit.ly/4pygUET

Buckle up! @rokhanna.bsky.social is the Dems new ranking member on the House Select Committee on China and he's about to drop its “cloak of bipartisan niceness” in favor of a bare-knuckle targeting of Trump's "failed strategy on China" 💥 @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

After 5 weeks of escalating Chinese govt harassment of U.S. ally Japan: economic coercion, an assassination threat, dangerous military intimidation, etc., State finally squeezes out a pallid and anonymous statement of concern that isn't even posted on the State Dept website🤔

. @bera.house.gov & @repgregorymeeks.bsky.social call out Beijing's "escalating economic and military coercion" against Japan. And urge Trump to give Tokyo tariff relief to show the U.S. "rejects the normalization of Beijing’s coercive trade tactics" bera.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Trump himself has been silent on Beijing’s attacks on Prime Minister Takaichi — puzzling Japan watchers. “The Japanese view is that this is not good enough — they would like a leader-level statement for a leader-level problem" @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

"The wording of the Foreign Ministry's statement suggests Xi reached out as part of a Chinese uproar over Japanese Prime Minister SANAE TAKAICHI’s comments that aggression against Taiwan would likely spark a Japanese military response" @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

ICC charges ex-Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity. He had help in that murderous so-called "drug war." Time to round up his accomplices www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump responds to criticism that his months of pursuit of a meeting with Xi Jinping (and a China trade deal) prompted State/the White House to deny Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's request for a stopover in NYC while en route to Paraguay to avoid ruffling Beijing's feathers.

Secretary of State Rubio lashes out at Hong Kong govt's widening campaign of imposing arrest bounties for peaceful pro-democracy activists. "We will not tolerate the Hong Kong government’s attempts to apply its national security laws to silence or intimidate Americans or anyone on U.S. soil"