April 19, 2020 | On GPS: The U.S.-China blame game; what we can learn from Austria as it starts to reopen; Madeleine Albright on leading in crises

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🗓️ 19 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Airdate April 19 2020: Is Donald Trump right to point the finger at China for the spread of Covid-19? Is Xi right to point back? Former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani and former Trump deputy National Security Adviser Nadia Schadlow debate China's role, its rise in the geopolitical order, and the need for global collaboration. Then, Austria is among the first nations reopening its economy. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tells Fareed in an exclusive interview what the world can learn from Vienna. Then, many countries hailed for handling the crisis well share a common element: they are led by women. What explains this trend? Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright explains what makes a great leader in these trying times. GUESTS: Kishore Mahbubani, Nadia Schadlow, Sebastian Kurz, Madeleine Albright

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around
0:08.6	the world. I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York. Today on the show, President
0:15.0	Trump wants to reopen America, but can it be done? Well, a handful of European countries
0:21.6	are already opening up. I will talk to the Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurtz, about
0:27.6	how his country is managing this transition. Also, is President Trump right about China?
0:34.5	It could have been stopped in China before it started, and it wasn't, and the whole world
0:41.4	is suffering because of it. He says Beijing is faking its data. He even speculated that
0:47.6	the virus might have come from a Chinese lab. We'll have a debate about Trump, China, and
0:53.4	COVID. And, Madam Secretary, Madeline Albright tells me why America can't hide behind
1:00.9	oceans or a wall as it combats COVID. She says Donald Trump must work with the rest of
1:07.3	the world. But first, here's my take. President Trump now tells us China is sublime for the
1:16.6	havoc that the coronavirus is wrecking across the world. He's paused funding to the World
1:21.7	Health Organization because he says it colluded with China in keeping the facts hidden.
1:27.1	To evaluate these claims, just keep in mind one tweet from the President. On January 24,
1:34.6	China has been working very hard to contain the coronavirus. The United States greatly
1:39.8	appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well in particular on
1:46.2	behalf of the American people I want to thank President Xi. What did the world, including
1:52.3	President Trump, know about the virus at that point? Well, one day earlier, on January 23,
1:59.3	the World Health Organization warned all countries should be prepared for containment of the
2:04.6	virus, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation, and case management, contact
2:11.7	tracing and prevention of onwards spread. By this point, stories about the virus were
2:17.4	all over the news. China had announced that the virus was being transmitted between humans
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