# Extended chat: Top US trade official defends Trump’s record Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trump-s-record Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trump-s-record.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-09-05T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trumps-record Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a9b49160c727006157919c2/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trump-s-record Duration seconds: 1187 ## Resource US trade representative Jamieson Greer is President Donald Trump’s top trade official. He has played a critical role in negotiations between Washington and its trading partners. This includes recent talks with Canada, whose retaliatory tariffs against the US go into effect later this week.  The FT's Aime Williams sat down with Greer for a wide-ranging interview. They covered everything from the trade war with Ottawa, friction points with the UK, to Trump’s expected meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping later this month.  Mentioned in this podcast: UK is failing to capitalise on Brexit, says top Trump trade official Trump tariff tracker: US trade, markets and the economy Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  The FT News Briefing is produced by Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Alex Higgins. Additional help from Kelly Garry, Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trump-s-record/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/extended-chat-top-us-trade-official-defends-trump-s-record.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.