As President Trump meets with Xi Jinping in China, your audience is looking for more than headlines—they want to understand the hard economic goals driving both sides, and what those goals mean for U.S. jobs, markets, and security. I’d like to offer Christian Briggs, economist, CEO of Hard Asset Management, and host of On The Record, for timely on‑air analysis. He is a frequent economic commentator who breaks down complex macro trends into clear, actionable insights for investors and everyday viewers alike.

Christian can walk your audience through three critical pillars of this China visit:

• How Beijing is using its dominance in rare earth mining and processing as a long-term economic weapon—controlling key inputs for defense systems, EVs, smartphones, and advanced chips, and how partial pauses in export curbs still leave the U.S. exposed.
• What China’s goals around Taiwan really mean in economic terms: supply-chain risk to semiconductors, potential shock to global markets if tensions escalate, and how Xi is tying economic concessions to U.S. arms sales and broader Taiwan policy.
• How Trump’s tariff strategy, critical-mineral deals with allies, and efforts to reshore manufacturing could either blunt China’s leverage—or unintentionally raise costs for American consumers and businesses in the short term.

Christian’s perspective is especially valuable for a center‑right audience focused on financial security and American strength. He has a strong track record explaining:

• Why China’s rare earth export controls and licensing requirements are effectively “chokepoints” that can slow Western defense and high‑tech manufacturing by months.
• How investors should think about hard assets, energy, and industrials when U.S.–China relations hinge on issues like Taiwan and critical minerals.

He is prepared to tailor the conversation to your format—for example:

• “Is America still ‘captive’ to China’s rare earths, even after new tariffs and diversification efforts?”
• “Could a misstep over Taiwan trigger the next global market shock?”
• “What this China trip really means for the dollar, inflation, and the average American’s portfolio.”

Want an expert on Trump’s China visit, rare earths, or Taiwan in the coming news cycle, I’d be glad to coordinate Christian for you.