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Amid consulate closure, 2 views on U.S. policy toward China

The Trump administration has ordered China to close its Houston consulate -- the latest action in an escalating fight between the two countries. The State Department cited concerns about espionage and intellectual property theft as justification for the move. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Yale Law School’s Susan Thornton, former acting assistant secretary of state, and author Gordon Chang.