U.S. Sanctions on China, Protests in Ecuador and Trump’s Reversal on Syria

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Elliot Waldman and Laura Weiss talk about U.S. sanctions on China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang. They also discuss protests in Ecuador, and the risks raised by Donald Trump’s greenlighting of a Turkish incursion into Syria.

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Relevant Articles on WPR: 

China’s Uighur Crackdown Is Turning Xinjiang Into a Police State

Is the U.S. Pursuing a Trade Deal With China at the Cost of Human Rights?

How Ecuador’s Moreno Is Undoing Correa’s Legacy, and Not Just With Assange

Ecuador Has Big Plans for Its Mining Industry. But at What Environmental Cost?

America’s Syria Policy Is Incoherent, and There’s No Sign It Will Change

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