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The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition

The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition

Lawfare Daily: The Trump-Xi Summit and U.S.-China AI Competition

Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 5m

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Martin Chorzempa is the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a leading U.S. expert on China's economy and tech sector. In this week's episode, Peter and Martin unpack President Trump's September 24 summit with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, talk about the balance of leverage in the geopolitical and economic relationship, and unpack the countries' differing perspectives on—and approaches to—artificial intelligence. Martin also discusses some of his current research into Chinese open weight AI models, which American companies are using with increasing frequency across a range of business applications. Peter and Martin also discuss Martin's…