11Sep
China exempts 16 American products from additional tariffs
Hudson Institute’s Michael Pillsbury says the president is wise to not draw attention to these
11Sep
Trump delays increase in tariffs on Chinese goods by two weeks ‘as a gesture of good will’
“This is a response to the Chinese goodwill gesture,” said Michael Pillsbury of the Hudson Institute, who has advised the administration on China. “This is goodwill gesture for goodwill gesture.”
10Sep
Pillsbury: Wall Street thinks China is our friend and there is no threat
Hudson Institute director of Chinese strategy Michael Pillsbury on the dangers of Chinese domination. Source:
07Sep
David Ignatius: China, the challenge of our time. There’s a way to get it right
“President Trump is our desk officer on China,” says Michael Pillsbury, an informal White House adviser on Asia policy. Strange as it sounds, that’s probably accurate.
05Sep
China trade talks continue in October
“We’re at very low levels of pressure compared to what could be done,” said Michael Pillsbury, an outside adviser to Trump on China and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
05Sep
Trump’s Twitter diplomacy with China is no substitute for clear policy
“President Trump is our desk officer on China,” says Michael Pillsbury, an informal White House adviser on Asia policy. Strange as it sounds, that’s probably accurate.
04Sep
Hong Kong Leader Lam Withdraws Controversial Extradition Bill
The demonstrations in Hong Kong will no doubt continue. Xi Jinping is no doubt behind
04Sep
Michael Pillsbury: China Will Try To Wait Out Trump On Trade War, Hoping For A Democrat In 2020
Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Pillsbury joins Maria Bartiromo on FBN’s “Mornings With Maria” to
31Aug
How Hong Kong protests are impacting US-China trade talks
The Hudson Institute's Mike Pillsbury says President Trump will not continue trade talks with China if there is violence in Hong Kong.
30Aug
Can the US change China’s behavior?
FOX Business’ Connell McShane on the Hong Kong protests and the U.S.-China trade dispute. Video
29Aug
Michael Pillsbury on Google’s ties to China
Hudson Institute’s Michael Pillsbury gives his take on a cable project connecting the U.S. to
28Aug
The Mysterious Case of Trump’s Trade Calls With China
White House hawks like Peter Navarro, Trump’s director of trade and manufacturing policy, and Michael Pillsbury, the director for Chinese strategy at the Hudson Institute, were briefly triumphant over Trump’s hard-line take, but it seems unlikely that their vision of a permanent U.S.-China rift is one Trump shares.
27Aug
Trump Inserts His Negotiating Strategy Into U.S.-China Trade War
NPR’s Noel King talks to Michael Pillsbury, a senior fellow and director of China strategy
27Aug
Hong Kong offers China a way out of Trump’s trade war: cool the protests crisis to ease the tariffs heat
“Think of Pillsbury as our time’s Paul Revere,” proposes Gordon G. Chang, jaunty author of The Coming Collapse of China (2001). Or think of guys like Chang and Pillsbury as no more than restless enablers of an unnerving run of China hysteria.
26Aug
China seeking ‘calm’ end to trade war with US
‘Hundred-Year Marathon’ author Dr. Michael Pillsbury weighs in on trade and tariff negotiations between the
26Aug
Trump insists trade talks have restarted with China, but details are elusive
Michael Pillsbury of the Hudson Institute, who advises the president on China strategy, said administration officials in recent weeks had detected a shift in Chinese thinking.
26Aug
‘The Art of the Deal’ being played out with China?
Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Pillsbury evaluates developments in President Trump’s trade war with China
24Aug
China to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
Michael Pillsbury, a China expert at the conservative Hudson Institute who informally advises Trump, said he has detected an "increasing arrogance" among the Chinese delegations in recent months.
23Aug
The End of America’s 30-Year Engagement With China?
As longtime Kissingerian Michael Pillsbury wrote in his 2015 book, "The Hundred-Year Marathon," China's leaders weren't interested in following this script.
23Aug
Trump’s Economic Iron Curtain Against China
Michael Pillsbury, a sometime advisor to Trump on China, told Foreign Policy he firmly believes that the president is not in favor of a complete divorce from China, and that Trump still wants a trade deal.
23Aug
Trump Says He Will Raise Existing Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30%
Michael Pillsbury, a China scholar at the Hudson Institute who informally advises the White House, said that Mr. Trump had been considering more draconian options, but settled on the higher tariffs in hopes that negotiations with China would proceed.
23Aug
Trump Raises Tariffs on China as Frustration Mounts Ahead of G-7
Michael Pillsbury, a China scholar at the Hudson Institute who sometimes advises Trump, said the president’s move on Friday reflected the fact he had grown increasingly frustrated with China’s response to his escalating tariffs in recent months.
23Aug
Trump Says He’s Poised to Escalate China Trade War Within Hours
“The president has been increasingly frustrated in the last three months’’ with China after the May breakdown of talks that he believed were about to yield a deal, said Michael Pillsbury, a China expert with the Hudson Institute in Washington with whom Trump has consulted in the past.
23Aug
Amid trade war, Trump drops pretense of friendship with China’s Xi Jinping, calls him an ‘enemy’
Michael Pillsbury, a China expert at the conservative Hudson Institute who informally advises Trump, said he has detected an “increasing arrogance” among the Chinese delegations in recent months.
