Finbarr Bermingham is joined by political economy desk editors Zhou Xin and John Carter to discuss the new US sanctions on Chinese companies with building and construction contracts in the South China Sea, and how the impact of these sanctions might extend to Texas and Sydney.

Hear analysis of the phase one trade deal, and how it's become the only thing holding the US-China relationship together, while US-based correspondent Owen Churchill unpacks the anti-China focus of Donald Trump's speeches at the Republican National Convention and the positioning of Biden Democrats on China in its wake. #scmppodcasts

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