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Can We Beat China? | Interview: Sen. Tom Cotton
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Can We Beat China? | Interview: Sen. Tom Cotton

'The threat with China is much worse than you think.'

GOP Sen. Tom Cotton joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss his news book, Seven Things You Can’t Say About China, as well as the looming military threats against Taiwan and the Republican Party’s divided foreign policy views.

The Agenda:
—Tariff trouble
—The China threat is more severe than most Americans realize
—Taiwan’s defense spending needs to increase significantly
—The foreign-policy divide within the GOP
—China’s influence in global trade

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Jamie Weinstein is the host of Monday’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Dispatch, he was the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show. He has previously written for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, and National Review, among other publications, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and HBO’s “Real Time w/ Bill Maher.” When Jamie is not hosting, he is spending time with his wife and three rambunctious boys or working on his many entrepreneurial pursuits.

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