Worlds Apart
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Erik Jones, director of European and Eurasian studies at Johns Hopkins University on European unity in the Skripal case
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‘We could have a nuclear war by accident’ Professor Gerhard Mangott of the University of Innsbruck analyses Moscow-EU relations
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‘Fidel trusted me’: Jon Alpert, American filmmaker on Cuba documentary he filmed for 45 years
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‘The US is disregarding its allies’ – Jarrett Blanc, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace on US pull-out from Iran deal
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‘The Americans are parents, but we say: We’re off to college’ – The Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs
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‘Who is going to take care of Jerusalem? Us or Hamas?’ An interview with Dore Gold, Israeli diplomat
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‘The US trade policy is a mess’ - Brahma Chellaney from the Center for Policy Research
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‘The US is using racket diplomacy to promote their interests’ – former French foreign trade minister
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‘Italy is a perfect storm for populism in Europe’ - Paolo Magri, director of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
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‘You need Russia if you want peace in the Middle East’ – ex-Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel
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British media personality Katie Hopkins on Putin, London’s mayor and multiculturalism
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Propaganda exercise or attempt at democracy? – Vyatka State University assistant professor Samantha Lomb on Stalin’s constitution
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‘Iran is the main destabiliser in the region’ – Israel’s ex-Deputy FM Daniel Ayalon
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‘Migration is necessary’ – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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‘Sport is what brings people together’ – Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov
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Columbia University Professor of Economics Arvind Panagariya on US trade war
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‘Football connects people’ – Legendary Croatian footballer Davor Suker
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‘Views about women’s rights are changing in Afghanistan’ – Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi
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Internet of Things Council founder: Internet of the future, benefits and challenges
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Meir Javedanfar: America abandoning the Iran deal was, ‘a wrong move’
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'The United States is on the declining part of the life cycle curve" – Ichak Adizes, author and management consultant
‘The US trade policy is a mess’ - Brahma Chellaney from the Center for Policy Research
Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies from the Indian think tank the Center for Policy Research discusses the trade tensions between the world’s largest economies, US and China, and how it affects the global trading system.
“We’ve had the pretence of the ruled-based order, but what we are seeing now is that pretence is falling. Both China and the US are pursuing aggressive unilateralism,” Chellaney says. “Both believe in flouting international rules.”
Although the sides decided to put the trade war “on hold” and drop the tariff threats, Chellaney says the lull “will not last for long.”
While Washington and Beijing agreed on increasing US energy and agriculture exports to narrow the US trade deficit with China, “the real American demand on China is not about the farm produce, it’s about high technology.” The US is “concerned about China’s Made in China 2025 programme,” designed to boost China’s hi-tech industries.
“Trade is not about trade only; it’s about politics. And if the politics is not right for one party, then we will not see fair trade. In the China-US relationship, the Americans still have an advantage,” Chellaney says, as they wield a “greater leverage to get the Chinese to accept their major demands.”
“The US trade policy is a mess because Trump has created confusion on several fronts and in terms of American allies by refusing to permanently exempt the EU, Japan, Canada from steel and aluminium tariffs.” While this confusion prompts “American allies to rethink their relationship with the US,” other countries will seek “to reshape their trade alliances, to form new relationship, to reduce their dependence on certain countries.”
Tune in to see the complete edition of Worlds Apart with Brahma Chellaney.