Amanpour: Ian Bremmer, Robert Reich, David Nott and Bharat Ramamurti

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🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia group, and Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, join Christiane Amanpourto discuss the war of words between the United States and China and the fears of a new cold war. They warn against the ratcheting up tension during both a pandemic and a global recession. And from one war zone to another - David Nott, the trauma and humanitarian surgeon, talks about trading hotzones such as Syria and Yemen to the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak in London. Our Sheelah Kolhatkar speaks to Bharat Ramamurti, member of the Congressional Oversight Commission, about his new role overseeing the Covid-19 bailout money in the United States.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amman for here's what's coming up.
0:08.6	The US and China clash over the origins of coronavirus is a new Cold War brewing?
0:16.4	I asked the former Labour Secretary Robert Reich and political scientist Ian Bremer.
0:21.4	Then there were two barrel bombs, one dropped here and one
0:25.9	dropped over there on top of the hospital to try and destroy it. Dr David Nott has
0:29.9	been saving lives in war zones for over 25 years. Now he's returned to the front line with
0:36.0	the NHS here in London fighting coronavirus. Plus, the concern is that with this much money going out the door is it being used to help
0:46.7	the public interest or is it being used for political reasons?
0:50.0	Overseeing the money trail, Varat Ramamorti on Policing Congress's Coronovirus Relief Fund. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur working from home in London.
1:15.3	The war of words between the United States and China over how coronavirus started is
1:21.1	escalating and even igniting fears of a new trade war. One editorial
1:26.3	in China's global times accuses Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of lying and
1:31.7	quote spewing falsehoods.
1:33.7	Chinese state media calls him evil.
1:36.1	This after Pompeo said there was enormous evidence
1:39.6	that coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wu Han, despite what US intelligence says.
1:45.0	Meanwhile, global markets got spooked again by President Trump banging the trade drums.
1:51.0	So how will the two biggest economic powers emerge from this crisis and how will the
1:56.6	economics of this pandemic impact ordinary workers in America and around the
2:02.1	world? Former Labor Secretary Robert Rice workers in America and around the world.
2:03.0	Former Labour Secretary Robert Reich is an expert on the widening wealth gap besieging America and on China's economy.
2:10.0	His new book is called The System, who rigged it, how we fix it.
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