Author and China expert Gordon Chang told Newsmax on Thursday that China can’t win the trade and tariff battle with President Donald Trump and that President Xi Jinping’s only hope is for “Trump to give up.”

“Xi Jinping knows that he doesn’t hold the high cards,” Chang said on “American Agenda.” “He’s got the smaller economy. … The only way that he wins a trade war is if he gets President Trump to back down. And what Xi Jinping is trying to do is to get Wall Street, Main Street, C-suites to put pressure on Trump to give up.”

Chang said China lacks the leverage to force Trump away from leveling the world trading field.

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