the bromance continues.

Hi, welcome back.

I'm Chris Chappell.

Donald Trump has completed his much anticipated

first state visit to China.

And President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping

spent most of the time celebrating the thing closest to their hearts.

Each other.

“A relationship with you and China is a very important one to me.”

“The United States, the feelings we have for China

is a very warm feeling,

and I really believe it's only going to get warmer.”

Here they are watching home movies of themselves.

Aww, look, it's their first handshake!

They're really enjoying this.

And why not?!

It's Donald Trump,

the most interesting man in the world.

And Xi Jinping, the most…

adjectiveless man in the world.

Meanwhile Melania went for a walk by herself.

On a big wall.

Xi Jinping offered Trump a rare

personal escort through the Forbidden City.

Where they admired relics from ancient China.

I think Xi was trying to say that's the two of them.

Meanwhile Melania got to see schoolchildren.

And a panda.

And finally, Xi treated Trump to a Peking Opera.

A fun time time was had by all.

So now that it's all over, what are we left with?

Well, there were two big topics everyone knew

would come up during the meetings

between President Trump and Xi Jinping:

trade and North Korea.

On the trade front,

the Trump administration has in the past

accused China of unfair business practices,

currency manipulation,

and intellectual property theft.

In fact,

blaming China was a true Trump campaign classic.

We can't allow China to rape our country,

and that's what they're doing.”

And who allowed it, anyway?

“I don't blame China...

I do blame past administrations for allowing this

out-of-control trade deficit to take place and to grow."

In other words, thanks Obama.

But guess who's got two thumbs

and isn't gonna take it anymore?

Yes, the dealmaker-in-chief himself.

Trump announced $250 billion dollars worth

of US China deals during his trip.

Details are still a bit sparse,

and some of those deals

had already been in the works

long before the meeting.

And some of them were just memorandums of understanding,

and not contracts.

But still,

250 billion is a lot of dough.

That's like Trump's net worth times...

uh, we'll get back to you on that.

Anyway, let's take a look at some of the deals.

There was a $37 billion dollar deal with Boeing

to sell 300 planes to China.

And $84 billion dollar deal with China's

state-owned China Energy Investment Corp

to invest in shale gas and chemical projects in West Virginia.

And a $43 billion dollar deal with state-run Sinopec

to develop Alaska's liquid natural gas industry

that could create up to 12,000 American jobs.

Ok, so the Boeing deal is fine.

But I would be somewhat wary about

the Alaska and West Virginia deals.

It's hard to say since we don't know the details,

but in the past countries who have let China

invest heavily in their natural resources,

have had some problems.

But the really big win was for US companies

looking to invest in China.

China announced a new rule allow foreign companies to own 51% stakes in foreign ventures.

I know, that doesn't even sound very generous.

But previously,

no US company could own a controlling share

in a US-China joint venture.

Even though a Chinese company could

inside the United States.

So why is China more open to foreign investment now?

Is it because China is implementing meaningful rule of law

and wants to level the playing field?

Haha, no.

It's because China's economy is slowing down

and they really need the money.

Like when you swear you weren't going

to move back in with your parents,

but rent is really high right now, you know?

But still, it's a win for US companies.

At least for the ones that hope to become

the next Starbucks in China...

and not the next Home Depot.

As for North Korea,

Trump and Xi were in agreement.

"We agreed not to replicate failed approaches of the past,

and there were many.”

In other words: Thanks Obama.

And Hillary.

The Trump administration has been pushing China

to put even tougher sanctions on North Korea,

even going so far as to cut off all trade.

But while Trump tweeted that Xi agreed to

upping the sanctions,

as of this recording,

there's been no official announcements.

So for trade and North Korea,

the Trump administration made some definite progress.

But one of the fair criticisms of Trump's China trip was that,

like past presidents,

Trump didn't publicly talk about China's human rights issues.

And so far there's no indication that

he talked about them in private, either.

But there was one interesting thing.

The day before President Trump landed in China,

he declared a new holiday,

the National Day for the Victims of Communism.

It “marks 100 years since

the Bolshevik Revolution took place in Russia,”

which gave us the Soviet Union.

Since then, “communist totalitarian regimes

around the world have killed more than

100 million people

and subjected countless more to exploitation,

violence, and untold devastation.”

The White House said that the holiday was

to “remember those who have died

and all who continue to suffer under communism.”

So in other words,

a real Hallmark Holiday.

Frankly, this is important and long overdue.

And there's an added level of deliciousness

in the fact that it happened right before Trump

went to two communist countries.

But it still would have been nice to have

the US president be more direct about

America's commitment to freedom and human rights.

What's that, Shelley?

Trump personally brought up the cases

of high-profile detainees with Xi Jinping?

That's great!

Was it Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che?

Or disappeared human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng?

What?

The UCLA basketball players?!

Well I guess it's good to know that they are safely back home.

Finally, after leaving China,

President Trump went to Vietnam for the ASEAN summit.

And he's set his sights on solving the South China Sea Dispute.

“If I can help in any way,

I'm a very good mediator

and a very good arbitrator.”

And Trump's offer to mediate could actually be helpful.

But to do that, he'll have to win the love

of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.

But I don't think that's going to be too hard.

Let's just say,

at this dinner party,

Duterte one upped Xi Jinping.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I sang -- uninvited --

a duet with Miss Pilita Corrales

upon the orders of the Commander in Chief of the United States."

Wow, international politics have gotten really strange.

But what about the original bromance between Trump and Xi?

Well, it was always in some ways a bromance of convenience.

Xi Jinping has been using Trump's visit to boost his own profile.

And while Trump is extremely warm about Xi now,

it is not unknown for him to suddenly change his mind.

And now that they're going long distance...

well, anything could happen.

What do you think of President Trump's time in China?

Leave your comments below.

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