I know who you are expecting. I am expecting him as well but in the interim please allow me and introduction. The name is lafayette though i believe that most of you americans will know me far better by my name of the ocean regime. And that of course is the marquis de lafayette. What a pleasure and honor to see all of you here on this simply magnificent day. This 14th of july, this fete national, the day in which we french celebrate the beginning of our revolution. While im here meeting with my dear friend, your Thomas Jefferson, in hope that he shall arrive sometime soon, so let us hope we can all have a conversation together. Where is m. Jefferson . Mon cher, lafayette. Mon cher, jefferson. Quel plaisir to see you again over so many years. Absolutely. And may i say with great reverence to bastille day. Just as we celebrate the revolution in america on the 4th of july in france of course it is the 14th of july. We shall celebrate together, my friend. We have not forgotten bastille day
Minneapolis, two hours east of grand forks, north dakota, and if youre so inclined to triangulate to the northernmost to, say, canada, its about four and a half hours south of winnipeg. [laughter] minnesota is the 18th state the president has visited since just the first of august, and china joe biden . Well, hes, well, hes, hes lagging a bit. There he is, about a 3 to 1 margin. Biden has ventured out of his basement to minneapolis himself today. President trumps visit to minnesota comes as husband poll numbers his poll numbers are hitting a record high for the year. President trumps Approval Rating reaching 53 , 4 points higher, if youre wondering, than barack obama at the very same point in his president ial reelection campaign. If youre wondering about that as well being somewhat short of President Trumps Approval Rating, obama went on to win reelection. Perhaps thats some sort of, well, indicatorrer. The president s stop today also coinciding with the start of early inperson, inper
Much better to be honest about it and you know both candidates have talked about being tough on china weve definitely seen president trumps track record in terms of the trade war weve heard yet it biden talk about the fact that he wished prohibit u. S. Companies from abetting repression wanted quote at supporting the chinese Surveillance States also talking about imposing economic sanctions on beijing and so these are this is something that definitely is in the air although right now i think coronavirus issue is on the top of the lets put it in your i mean yeah i think as i said i consider my introduction and its a lot of written rhetoric because the captains of industry in finance have done extremely well in their interactions with china over the last few decades i dont think they want to see that change one iota so im on the one hand i think its very rhetorical. And in the end it incites passions and emotions but i dont see the c. E. O. s and president s of companies doing very much
Stick around the crystal. Blue and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on putin about how is the issue of china playing out in the American Election cycle and by the trade themselves as being tough on beijing maybe they are at least rhetorically but in reality tells a very different story and its bipartisan the commanding heights of industry and finance have courted china for decades and have the riches to show for it is this china. To discuss this in. And more im joined by my guest sarah issue in knoxville she is a huge visiting scholar at Fudan University and in beijing we cross the jungle shes a professor at the university of International Business and economics are across it because in effect that means you can jump and we dont want and i was. Going to syria and not still im sorry what role is china playing in the American Election because i said in my introduction both biden trump want they like to if theyre shown these apps ok that ad versus ad very anti china o
American election because i said in my introduction both biden and trump want they like to if theyre shown these apps ok that ad versus ad very anti china obviously but i dont see it really making much of an impact on the electorate because there are so many other issues theres the pandemic there is an economic turndown and all the sudden its all chinas fault somehow believe me i understand what that feels like living in russia there yeah i think that you know thats certainly south think that performed at work ill it. Afterward for us because china has been such a big part of president trounced our whole you know policy agenda and so i think thats something that is really important on the list some experts think that its you know one of the top one or 2 or 3 issues d i dont know that it has that certainly agree with that but its something that they have to address but i think you know both candidates. Theyre talking about china in a negative light blaney things on china certainly the c