December 15, 2019 | On GPS: Boris, Brexit, and the Future of British Politics

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 15 December 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Airdate December 15 2019: The British people cast their votes on Thursday and give PM Boris Johnson what he calls an "irrefutable" mandate for Brexit. What does this mean for the future of British politics and global trade? Across the pond, Pres. Trump sealed 'phase one' of a trade deal with China. Fareed is joined by an all star panel to discuss these topics and more. Then, the persecution of religious minorities in two of Asia's largest nations: China and India - what you need to know. GUESTS: Ian Bremmer, Anne-Marie Slaughter, David Miliband, Shashi Tharoor, James Palmer, Brad Smith

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:05.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.0	I'm Faris Zakaria.
0:10.0	Today on the show, Boris Brexit and the Future of Britain.
0:15.0	This one nation conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate.
0:22.0	What message does Johnson's victory send to Donald Trump?
0:28.0	Also, impeachment are trade deal with China and more within the All-Star Panel.
0:37.0	Communist China and Democratic India, two systems but the same problem,
0:42.0	persecuting religious minorities.
0:45.0	We'll take a look at China's treatment of Uyghurs, locking up large numbers of them
0:50.0	in what some US officials are calling concentration camps.
0:55.0	An India's controversial new law and its handling of Kashmir.
1:01.0	Finally, forget who wants to be a millionaire, the question is who has the most millionaires in the world.
1:11.0	China, the US, Japan, Germany.
1:15.0	Find out later in the show.
1:19.0	But first, here's my take.
1:21.0	On its face, the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump might seem to be a specifically and narrowly American matter.
1:29.0	But if you look around the world, you'll see this is taking place amidst a deeply worrying global trend.
1:36.0	In country after country, we're witnessing an astonishing wave of attacks on the Constitution,
1:43.0	institutions, norms and values that have given democracy strength and meaning.
1:49.0	Consider what has been happening just this week around the world as Congress debated charges against the President.
1:56.0	In India, the world's largest democracy, the ruling party passed an unprecedented citizenship bill
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