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Jul 2021
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Historian and economist Adam Tooze joins Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC to talk about his New Statesman cover story on the West's relationship with China. They talk about who China's allies are and what impact climate change will have on geopolitics.


Then in You Ask Us, they take a listener's qustion on how green finance is changing neo-liberalism


If you have a question for You Ask Us, you can email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk



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