G-7 has now become a ‘Tower of Babel,’ says Lowy Institute’s Lemahieu
01 September 2019 |
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Herve Lemahieu, Asian power and diplomacy program director at Lowy Institute, discusses the trade tensions between the U.S. and China and his takeaways from the G-7 summit. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
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