And scaling back the harsh concerns of the growing a virus or change the annual pilgrimage to mecca. Hello too big to dominant and too powerful thats what the bosses of 4 of the worlds Biggest Technology firms are being told the companies have become in an ongoing hearing in washington even the u. S. President has joined in the criticism threatening that hed bring the fairness if congress doesnt take action chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple are all being questioned at a hearing over accusations of anticompetitive behavior together their companies are worth almost 5 trillion dollars but they say they operate fairly and within the rules the politicians leading the hearing say the coronavirus pandemic will only serve to make them stronger. They have too much power these power steves are preforms competition creativity and innovation and while these dont have promise me still produce some new Innovative Products you dominance is killing the Small Businesses and you fract
Fellow for International Studies here at stanford. Going to discuss the brandnew booking see the title on their slide on your screen, the button the Nuclear Arms Race for president ial power which puts readers on the frontline of Nuclear History and offers policy prescription for a safer future. As many of you know he served as a 19th u. S. Secretary of defense nick Clinton Administration defense policy armscontrol and along undistinguished history at stanford he is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution as well part he was the codirector of the center for International Securities in 1998 to 1993 and completed both his bachelors and masters degree in mathematics here at stanford which is particular impressive to me because i did not get into stanford either as an undergraduate or graduate. Hes now the michael and barbara emerita at stanford. Its great we can see you today, we also are thrilled to have his coauthor here. So tom is a director is 30 years of washington d. C. Experienci
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Secretary of state mike pompeo discussed Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations at a Virtual Summit posted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He talked about the west relationship with china, warning about that countries influence and their handling of the coronavirus pandemic and treatment of hong kong. Good morning. Good afternoon from brussels. Welcome back to 2020 and today we are very pleased and honored to welcome u. S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo for a special conversation. We hosted the secretary in brussels and we are pleased to have him back again for what is sure to be a closely watched conversation on typical challenges facing less than Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations. As always, let me say a word of thanks to our part Founding Partners in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and deloitte and supporting Knowledge Partners we are grateful to all of you. Let me say a very special thank you to u. S. Missions European Union and all three f
Good morning and good afternoon from brussels and the 15th edition we are very pleased to welcome you secretary ofnd state Michael Pompeo for a special conversation we have hosted the secretary be for and are pleased to have him back again which is a closely watched conversation on those critical challenges on both sides of thend atlantic. Let me say a word of thanks toou our partners into all associate we are grateful to all of them also a very special thank you to the European Union and all three missions for their consistent partnership also let me say about the forum today, the secretary will make some brief remarks that we are pleased to turn this over for a conversation you have a conversation with the secretary then he has kindly agreed to take a few questions so once again thank you for being with us and brussels thank you for joining. Thank you welcome to secretary of state to tell us what is on his mind i and then i will take some questions from the audience. Please go ahead.