miriam will be here at the top of the hour with all news international and national. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. hello there. the weather is in a very unsettled mood, notjust welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the 20th century was, in many ways, shaped by america s unrivalled power. two decades into the new century, and it s clear the story arc is shifting. china is projecting its power across the globe. russia is out to reassert its regional supremacy, and the limits of american power have been exposed from iraq to afghanistan. my guest is retired us general ben hodges, former commander of the us army in europe. is america in danger of losing the race to define the 21st century? ben hodges in frankfurt, germany, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. general hodges, it s great to have you on the show. i want to begin not by talking about geopolitics or military balance, but about covid and whether you believe for governments around the world,
now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the 20th century was, in many ways, shaped by america s unrivalled power. two decades into the new century, and it s clear the story arc is shifting. china is projecting its power across the globe. russia is out to reassert its regional supremacy, and the limits of american power have been exposed from iraq to afghanistan. my guest is retired us general ben hodges, former commander of the us army in europe. is america in danger of losing the race to define the 21st century? ben hodges in frankfurt, germany, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. general hodges, it s great to have you on the show. i want to begin not by talking about geopolitics or military balance, but about covid and whether you believe for governments around the world, the global pandemic has led to some sort of shift in priorities, a belief perhaps that some of the military threats they thought they perceived aren
we start in the us, where president biden s choice for his top trade official has been appearing before the senate. for the past four years, american business has faced a chaotic environment, with deals torn up and trade wars launched on multiple fronts by the trump administration. so who is the person tasked with rebooting us trade? katherine tai is a respected trade lawyer. the daughter of chinese immigrants, she speaks fluent mandarin and has represented the us in disputes against china at the wto. if she s confirmed by the senate, it seems she won t be in a rush to scrap the trump era tariffs on $360 billion of chinese goods. ta riffs tariffs are a legitimate tool in the trade toolbox and it is because of tarrifs that the senate committee and weighs the finance committee have jurisdiction over trade and they are an important part of ourfair trade remedies toolbox. james green is senior research fellow at georgetown university. as a former trade diplomat at the us embassy
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