– I do urge you to read the new Foreign Affairs piece by Prof. Brands and Peter Feaver and Will Imboden rebutting the argument that the US foreign policy elite, “the Blob,” have failed miserably.
-WaPo reports the continuing interagency fight over China, especially the restriction of medical imports.
– WaPo also profiles Matt Pottinger, deputy NSA and one of the leading China hawks.
– NYT legal writer says the executive order on meatpacking plants doesn’t go very far.
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