{"podcast":{"title":"World Today","slug":"world-today-319503","podcast_index_feed_id":319503,"rss_url":"https://aezfm.meldingcloud.com/rss/program/46","website_url":"https://radio.cgtn.com/podcast/column/ezfm/World-Today/46","image_url":"https://radio-res.cgtn.com/image/2112/1639979965541.png","author":"China Plus","episode_count":200,"summary":"With in-depth panel discussions on domestic and global news and current affairs, World Today gives you the story behind the headlines.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T00:17:29.041757+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-today-319503"},"episode":{"title":"From trade tensions to a new dialogue mechanism: A trade truce in the making?","slug":"from-trade-tensions-to-a-new-dialogue-mechanism-a-trade-truce-in-the-making","published_at":"2026-07-03T12:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-today-319503/from-trade-tensions-to-a-new-dialogue-mechanism-a-trade-truce-in-the-making","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-today-319503","url":"1_2765242","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/radio-res.cgtn.com/ueditor/audio/2607/1083080724623.mp3","summary":"After years of stalled China–EU trade talks, the two sides have launched a new Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism, holding its first high-level meeting and, notably, issuing a joint statement, the first of its kind since 2019. So is this the beginning of a more stabilized China–EU economic framework, or the embedding of a managed trade confrontation? Host Ge Anna is joined by Liang Linlin, Director of Communication and Research of China Chamber of Commerce to the European Union; Hussein Askary, Vice-President of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden; Dr. George Tzogopoulos, Director of EU-China Programmes and Senior Research Fellow, at European Institute of Nice.","meta_description":"After years of stalled China–EU trade talks, the two sides have launched a new Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism, holding its first high-level m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3296,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-today-319503/episodes/from-trade-tensions-to-a-new-dialogue-mechanism-a-trade-truce-in-the-making/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-today-319503/from-trade-tensions-to-a-new-dialogue-mechanism-a-trade-truce-in-the-making.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}