Welcome back to the deep dive.
Good to be here.
So if you've been watching the news,
you know global trade has felt less like a steady current
and more like a raging storm for the last few years.
That's a good way to put it.
Today we are wading directly into those choppy waters.
Specifically, the tariffs enacted by the US administration
and the intense pressure they put on China's massive manufacturing base.
Right.
And for this deep dive,
we've pulled together everything from macroeconomic data to official statements,
but also and this is crucial,
those first-hand accounts from manufacturers on the ground.
The people actually living it.
Exactly.
Our mission today is really to unpack that complex,
often frustrated relationship between the world's two biggest economies.
To get past the slogans and see the reality.
And the stakes are just staggering.