Senior fellow and Deputy Director [inaudible] economics and i have the pleasure today to welcome my former boss from the department Justin Muzinich for discussions on the transatlantic economy. He will start with opening remarks and switch over to a moderated conversation with former National Security adviser and executivadvisorand executive Atlantic Council, steve hadley. I would like to extend a few thanks to some of our partners who are here with us today. Thank you very much. And now without further ado, i will turn over to you. Thank you, julia and to steve hadley for moderating the discussion. Congratulations on the opening of the center for geoeconomics. Having spent time looking at your goals, the center is an extremely timely and worthwhile undertaking. More broadly, now more than ever, the Atlantic Councils mission of fostering a strong transatlantic relationship is important. Covid19 has disrupted the economy and our way of life. As the world looks to the future, its importa
On the transatlantic economy. He will start with opening remarks and switch over to a moderated conversation with former National Security adviser and executivadvisorand executive Atlantic Council, steve hadley. I would like to extend a few thanks to some of our partners who are here with us today. Thank you very much. And now without further ado, i will turn over to you. Thank you, julia and to steve hadley for moderating the discussion. Congratulations on the opening of the center for geoeconomics. Having spent time looking at your goals, the center is an extremely timely and worthwhile undertaking. More broadly, now more than ever, the Atlantic Councils mission of fostering a strong transatlantic relationship is important. Covid19 has disrupted the economy and our way of life. As the world looks to the future, its important that we not just restart Economic Growth, but that the right values guide us in a post covid world. Thats why the relationship is so important. It represents ove
Will he address this in any way . Sarah we want full transparency. We will make a decision when and if that time becomes necessary. In terms of the state of the union i not going to get ahead of the president s address. I know you will eagerly tune in to see what is going to be included. We have addressed it every day we have been here. It is one of the questions you asked over and over again. That. Nd more on poll after poll, frankly no one cares about this issue. It is not the thing that keeps people up at night. My guess is that will be the focus of the union tomorrow. President speaks, president s are normally optimistic. What is the state of our union today . It is incredible. I think you will hear that in the president s remarks. We have an economy that is booming. Isis is on the run. There are some great things happening in this country. You can expect to hear the president talk about a lot of those. Not only the first year but the great things we will do in the next seven years