Soldiers removed the president in a coup. U. S. Vice president ial candidate carmel heresies heritage is becoming a strength for her campaign and a target for her opponents. Relentless rain bring severe flooding to southwestern china washing away crops and hope. The e. U. Says is standing by the people of belarus centers called violence against antigovernment protesters the shocking and unacceptable leaders held an emergency meeting today where they agreed on sanctions against those responsible for the crackdown they have rejected the outcome of this months disputed elections on the cold front end of president Alexander Lukashenko has long rule. Today we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and falsification of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. Well in the
The chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on asia, the pacific, and nonproliferation provided an update on Global Cooperation during the coronavirus pandemic. California congressman ami bera talked about the council how countries can Work Together to address the pandemic. Minutes,e next 25 congressman bra and i will discuss the post covid world order, and then we are going to open up the conversations to questions from our members. Thank you for joining us today, congressman. Thank you for that introduction. Certainly i want to thank the council for this opportunity. When you look at the list of participants, there are a lot of people that we use for contact expertise. Im sure we will have a lively discussion. Lets get started. Since the outbreak of the covid debatec, a fascinating has emerged about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the global order. Some experts maintain the virus will have a transformative effect. Kissingere, dr. Henry has written the world will ne
Discussion. Great. Lets get started. Since thesi outbreak of the covd pandemic, a faceting debate has emerged about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the global order. Some experts are maintaining the virus will have a transformative effect. For example, doctor Henry Kissinger has written the world will never be the same after the coronavirus, andy ward that the pandemic could up in the global order. And then there are people like professor joan i who contends that the pandemic is unlikely to be a a political turning pointd he believes many aspects of globalization will endure and suggest despite u. S. Mishandling of the pandemic that the balance of hard power and soft power will night shift fromm the unitd states to china which is of course part of the debate. Id like to start with a broad question. Do you think, congressman bera, that the pandemic will affect the global order inconsequential ways . If so, how . I certainly think this is the Largest Global disruption with had
Geostrategic challenge with the rise of china poses for the United States, not just today but in the future. The communist party led people were public of china through unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, market manipulation and very prominently, in my view, nonreciprocal treatment, not just in the economic round but in many realms i has been a fore in the Global Economy that undercuts the resiliency and strength of the u. S. Economy. China has been one of the worlds fastestgrowing economies averaging close to 10 growth from 19792015. In 2014 china overtook the United States ass the Worlds Largest economy purchasing power parity basis according to the International Monetary fund. I believe that there is a strong eipartisan interest hopefully we will see that today in establishing a longterm economic United States strategy with our allies that focuses on reciprocity, intellectual property theft, and ultimately, from the United States perspective out competing the chines
Back society, the way to do that is to put women straight at the center, because guess what. Theyre already at the center. With a pandemic still raging and concerns it will get worse before it gets bter, what does philanthropist Melinda Gates say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. Corporate funding is provided by. Welcome to firing line, Melinda Gates. Hanks for having me, margaret. You cofoundethe bill and Melinda Gates foundationo cades ago, and since then your foundation has worked to fight global poverty and to combat infectious disease, including hiv, tuberculosis, malaria, ebola. And noyou have committed more than 300 million to fight the covid19 pandemic. My question just to start is, your work is so often focused on global health. Co d you have imagined that you would be battling a pandemic so close to home . No, theres no chancewe that we thoughould have a pandemic, you know, and that part of the start of it was here in seate. So, no, this has