Asian nations are walking a tightrope between Washington and Beijing – juggling trade, tech and security pressures as the heavyweights vie for influence.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks with Adam Farrar, Bloomberg’s senior geoeconomics analyst for Asia Pacific, to unpack what may have been overlooked at the APEC summit as the Xi-Trump show came to town.

Read more: Xi Calls for Stable Supply Chains After Sealing Trump Truce 

Further listening: Trump Got an ‘Amazing’ Meeting. China Got Much-Needed Time 

Listen and follow The Big Take Asia on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

Asian nations are walking a tightrope between Washington and Beijing &ndash; juggling trade, tech and security pressures as the heavyweights vie for influence.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks with Adam Farrar, Bloomberg&rsquo;s senior geoeconomics analyst for Asia Pacific, to unpack what may have been overlooked at the APEC summit as the Xi-Trump show came to town.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/xi-calls-for-stable-supply-chains-after-sealing-truce-with-trump">Xi Calls for Stable Supply Chains After Sealing Trump Truce&nbsp;</a>
Further listening: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/trump-got-an-amazing-meeting-china-got-much-needed-time/id1746141911?i=1000734285608">Trump Got an &lsquo;Amazing&rsquo; Meeting. China Got Much-Needed Time&nbsp;</a>
Listen and follow The Big Take Asia on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-take-asia/id1746141911">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3WOLzmKoDMhSDUpQf38ePa">Spotify</a> or wherever you get your podcasts

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How APEC Become a Battleground for US-China Influence

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