March 21, 2021 | On GPS: Top U.S. officials had wars of words this week with their Russian and Chinese counterparts. What’s next for those already difficult relations?

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Airdate March 21, 2021: Fareed offers his Take on America’s already bloated defense budget and why the administration may use China to justify asking for even more money. Then, he talks to an all-star panel about President Biden affirming he thinks Putin is a “killer” and the un-diplomatic start of Secretary of State Blinken’s talks with his Chinese counterpart. Will Washington’s difficult relations with Moscow and Beijing get even more so? Then, a global COVID mystery: why has the developing world suffered relatively so few deaths compared to the developed world? And Fareed explains why the filibuster hasn’t been used to further democracy but instead to promote policies that discriminate...and why it has to be scrapped! GUESTS: Zanny Minton Beddoes, James Stavridis, Richard Haass, Siddhartha Mukherjee 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	This is GPS, the global public square.
0:03.6	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.0	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:12.0	We'll start today's show with America this week
0:15.0	enraging both Beijing and Moscow.
0:20.0	Russia recalls its ambassador, after President Biden says Vladimir Putin is a killer.
0:25.0	You think he's a killer?
0:27.0	Mm-hmm.
0:28.0	And the US and China begin high-level talks.
0:33.0	I'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government has taken.
0:38.0	With an exchange of insults.
0:40.0	The United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.
0:48.0	Two of America's toughest relationships just got tough.
0:52.0	I'll talk to Richard Haas, Zanima Tmbedos and Admiral James Stavridis.
0:59.0	Also, at the start of the pandemic, everyone predicted the greatest tragedy would occur in the developing world.
1:10.0	But in fact, the poorest countries have suffered relatively few COVID deaths compared to the rich ones.
1:18.0	What explains this mystery?
1:23.0	The New Yorker Sid Mukherjee plays Doctor Detective and will tell us what in the world is going on.
1:33.0	But first, here's my take.
1:36.0	During his visit to Asia this week, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin outlined his T-concern.
1:43.0	And while we were focused on issues in the Middle East, China has modernized its military.
1:49.0	And so, our goal is to make sure that we maintain a competitive edge over China or anyone else.
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