This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

I'm Faryt Zikhariah coming to you from New York.

Today on the program, ten weeks of major protests, highways blocked, citizens shouting shame.

Who said?

This is the fierce opposition to what some are calling a coup d'état,

Prime Minister Netanyahu's plans to curtail the power of Israel's judiciary.

I will ask former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former former Foreign Minister Zippy Livni

about what is happening on the ground and in the Knesset.

Also, China's new Foreign Minister said this week that there would surely be conflict and confrontation with the US.

If the American government continues to speed down the wrong path.

I'll dig in deep on the moods in both Beijing and Washington,

with Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister of Australia, who is about to be sworn in as Australia's new ambassador to the United States.

Also, should Silicon Valley's tech giants finally pay up for serving news content.

They've already squared off with Australia over this and Canada is next up,

but it all may be too little too late in the age of AI.

I will explain.

But first, here's my take.

Mexico could be entering a golden age.

It's perfectly placed to benefit from the growing tensions between the United States and China.

Parts of the country are already seeing a boom as companies diversify away from China and invest in Mexico.

In fact, a good chunk of that investment is being made by Chinese companies that are finding a way to continue to sell goods to the United States.

The state of New-Evo Leon, where much of the country's advanced manufacturing is centered, has received almost $7 billion in investment since late 2021.

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