U.S. Hopes to Use Tariff Talks to Isolate China

A.M. Edition for April 16. The Trump administration intends to use tariff negotiations with more than 70 countries to push them to limit China’s involvement in their economies. WSJ Southeast Asia bureau chief Gabriele Steinhauser discusses how that is likely to go over in countries used to balancing relations with Washington and Beijing. Plus, reporter Benoît Morenne explains how tariffs are rippling through energy markets. And a federal judge demands answers from the government about a wrongfully deported Maryland man, setting up the biggest test yet of judges’ authority to rein in the administration’s actions. Luke Vargas hosts. Check out our special series on how China’s trillion-dollar infrastructure plan is challenging the West.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices