
Stephen Olson
Trade policy expert and former US trade negotiator; Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, previously research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation (2014–2024).
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Sep 22, 2026
Episode 47: On the Trail to the U.S.-China Summit with Stephen Olson
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19:02PrueHOST
I'd love to hear your view on Whether any challenge to these, you think if there's any chance of successfully challenging these in the courts, but also looking to the upcoming November congressional elections and the domestic play, how do you see that potentially playing into how Donald Trump's going to use tariffs potentially as an issue in those elections?

Stephen OlsonGUEST
In terms of sort of the legal durability of these new trade authorities the administration has turned to, I'm not a trade attorney, but for whatever it's worth, I think they're on entirely solid ground.

Stephen OlsonGUEST
And I don't think they're on entirely solid ground necessarily because the specific grievances are legitimate.

Stephen OlsonGUEST
I think they're on solid ground because the way these statutes are constructed puts so much discretion in the hands of the executive branch.
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27:36PrueHOST
One question I did have, though, was looking again specifically at the summit, for countries that aren't at that table, which is everyone else, but who are impacted, Can you see any sorts of implications for, I guess, East Asia in particular, but also Australia?