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Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Charles W. Eliot University Professor

Abstract

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says he's skeptical of other countries that say they are going to invest in the US. He says President Donald Trump is alienating the rest of the world. “There’s a winner here — there really is a winner here in the strategy that we are pursuing. His name is Xi Jinping,” Summers said, referring to China’s president. Summers speaks on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin.

Citation

Summers, Lawrence H. "Summers Says China's Xi Wins Trade War With Trump." Bloomberg Television, August 7, 2025.