Pillsbury, the Trump adviser, said the administration fears not only losing a commercial rivalry — but enabling an Orwellian future in which an authoritarian Beijing controls global surveillance, directs online speech and embeds government control into the very plumbing of the internet.

What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading now or finished? And why? “Michael Pillsbury’s ‘The Hundred-Year Marathon.’ Scared me

“That’s always been their secret weapon, so called non-trade barriers,” said Michael Pillsbury, an outside adviser to Trump on China issues. “The non-trade barriers are where you can really inflict damage.”

Michael Pillsbury, an outside adviser to Trump on China, said the Chinese response was restrained and indicated a willingness to let the process play out in the coming weeks. “Both sides need to recalculate the relative pain they will suffer,” he told Morning Trade. “The bottom line for both Xi and Trump are the economic growth rates they need to deliver to their respective bases.”

Washington veteran Michael Pillsbury has quietly become a key figure behind Trump’s confrontational China policy,

“As close as lips and teeth,” goes the Chinese proverb traditionally cited to describe the