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'America First'…and the rest of the world
North Korea's latest missile firing gives 20 leaders of the most powerful nations on Earth still more to talk about as they meet this week in Germany. Already on the agenda are free trade, President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, his relations with China and a face-to-face with Vladimir Putin.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readNorth Korea's latest missile firing gives 20 leaders of the most powerful nations on Earth still more to talk about as they meet this week in Germany. Already on the agenda are free trade, President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, his relations with China and a face-to-face with Vladimir Putin. Trump ran on the repeated promise of "America First," and the rest of the world is still anxious about what that might mean. Tomorrow, he'll make a speech in Poland, and on Friday, he'll be in Hamburg, where massive protests are already shaping up. As the stage is set for the next phase of world leadership, we get a preview.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Yael Even Or
Producer, 'Press Play'
Luke Vander Ploeg
Producer, 'To the Point'
Matthew Karnitschnig
Politico
Dalibor Rohac
American Enterprise Institute
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil
European Council on Foreign Relation
The full episode
2 of 3Hamburg, Germany braces for the G-20 Summit- 1:27Assessing the threat of North Korea after its ICBM launch
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- 42:19Florida addiction treatment centers scam addicts for insurance