Lessons and look ahead to 2020. It big question, should democrats zig left or zag towards the center to beat donald trump . Well have a debate. Finally, well put the art into Artificial Intelligence. Can you pick out which of these paintings was painted by a robot . Stay tuned to find out. But first, heres my take. Its easy to get distracted by the circus of the trump presidency. We all do, but what is its larger affect . For an answer take a look at three gatherings this week on the other side of the planet attended by all the major, theyre particularly important because countries in the region are trying to navigate the seismic power shift taking place there, the rise of china. For this it is crucial they understand the role of the worlds current super power, the United States. But the president of the United States is mia. Donald trump chose to skip the summits and send Vice President mike pence in his place, yet chinas president xi jengpening, Russias Vladimir Putin and india nan ddra modi all visited. A persistent complaint has been while the United States worries about the rise of the peninsula, it is abandoning the field to beijing. It does not take the time to attend meetings, shape the agenda, shore up its alliances, deepen its ties in the region. Trumps continued lack of influence will only feed this sphere. Ware seeing the trump effect on the retreat on trade initiatives as well. Moving toward completion in the region had been the Transpacific Partnership and the regional comprehensive partnership. Trump pulled america out of the tpp undermining the fact goal of giving Asian Countries a system, and after 24 rounds of negotiations of the recp which includes cheena. India is trying to protect its market from chinese import. Other countries are trying to keep India Service industries out, and everyone is trying to take solace this is all simply an echo of what the worlds super power, the United States is doing with its own trade organization. Ive said this before and continue to believe the Trump Administration has a valid point about the chinas abuse of the trading system. And it is right to get tough with beijing. But its grossly trump said in july if we didnt trade wed save a hell of a lot of money. This statement is simply false. The expansion of trade since 19d 50 raised u. S. Gdp to the tune of 2. 1 trillion in 2016. That is the equivalent of the gain of 7,014 per person or 18,131 per household. It can also have the effect of creating habits of cooperation, even peace as it has done in europe and as it might help to do in asia. American leaders have understood that for decades until now. En1998 Ronald Reagan said in a radio address. We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends weakening our economy on National Security and the entire free world. All while cynically waving the american flag. The expansion of the International Economy is not a foreign invasion. It is an american triumph. One he worked hard to achieve and central to a peaceful and prosperous world of freedom. For more go to cnn. Com fareed and read my the Washington Post column. And lets get started. Lets keep the conversation going about asia with todays panel. Kirk campbell was president obamas asestitasistant secreta state. He now runs a Strategic Advisory goal, a group focused on asia. A business columnist for the Financial Times and cnns Global Economic analyst. And the founder and president of youre asia group and columnist for time magazine. Let me start with you. You wrote a very significant article in Foreign Affairs in which you said that basically both sides of the aisle, republicans ha republicans and democrats had gotten china wrong. Its caused a lot of controversy, but what is the implication for u. S. Policy towards china . In a sense are you saying what donald trump represents is the new normal of much tougher policy towards china . Thank you, fareed. First, i would say i think the argument of the piece was more that the conditions have changed. I actually think a collection of Bipartisan Group did follow the right strategy for decades. But the course that china has chosen is quite different from what we had hope frdd for a lon period of time. And now that requires us to have a fairly significant rethinking of what the strategic approach to the United States and other countries should be towards china and a rising asia. The argument, however, is very different from what the policy description of what the president has proposed. What we need is a multifaceted approach that frankly involves participating in the kinds of summits and engagements that the president is missing this week, plus a multifaceted trade in diplomatic stradagy th diplomatic strategy thats reminds them the United States intends to play an Important Role for decades to come. Is there a sense people are genning to people we are entering into a new kind of cold war . There certainly is a growing concern about that. I mean, the notion that china as its become wealthier, is absolutely not going to politically reform, and theyre going to create institutions that are not complementary to the United States but rather are competitive, thats a sense that not only the americans and europeans have but also sing porrians, indonesians, malaysians, people on the ground very concerned the u. S. Might not be as committed to them but their future under a chinese umbrella is a problem. And theres no question that in the Technology Space china is developing an alternative internet and alternative ai system. And that feels increasingly like a cold war with the United States. The question is on trade and whether President Trump is really planning to squeeze the chinese and work on executing and implementing a new normal between the two countries or whether hes going to meet with them in a couple of weeks and say, hey, weve got some money, and i could decisively see trump doing the latter. You say building on this idea of the future, were actually entering this kind of tripolar world where theres going to be a european sphere, a u. S. Sphere and a transasian sphere. And china is really developing an ecosystem where it will lead but there will be other nations that will come into that orbit. I spoke recent lee a chinese verver capitalist who told me he doesnt expect to make deals anymore in the u. S. To invest but thats okay because he sees cheena as kind of a u. S. Market post world war ii. The big point is how will the u. S. Engage, thats where the vast majority of the growth is. Are we going to come together or is that going to be bifurcated as well. Before we take a break, ians question, there really seems to be a division in the administration there, the deal makers who say lets scare china and get a better deal. And theres people who feel like peter navarro, we need to have a break, disinen tangle this economic relationship. Which do you think will prevail . I actually think its easy as two groups. Theres definitely a group that says if china buys more stuff in the United States, boeing, jets, and, you know, ranching products, farm stuff that we can resettle accounts a bit and the president can tout those as examples of his leadership. Theres another group that says, no, it needs to be deeper. Structural reforms, china discarding 2025 and allowing more American Technology and other firms engagement, honest and fair engagement in china and theres even a third group that says, no, what we really need to do is disentangle our economies and the United States has to go about its business independent from china. Im kind of where ian is, though. I think each of these groups vies for attention with the president. The president is the ultimate decisionmaker. Whats fascinating about the relationship is the relationship between our two countries has never been complicated or more complex. But fundamentally the institutions that have been taxed for decades to manage the relationship have never been less influential. Ultimately every major decision is made by two men. Both of whom share some, impatient, and they both believe fundamentally in their ability to believe decisions under pressure. The most important bilateral meeting we have seen between the United States and china is about to take place in a couple of weeks and anyone knows what the outcome will be. Dont go away. When we come back we are going to talk about the wild week across the pond. What is next for britain, brexit and theresa may when we come back. This is Dell Cinema Technology uninterrupted streaming Brilliant Sound clarity and lifelike color. Experience dell cinema on the xps 13. Shop the biggest black friday ever at dell. Com intel chime [ telephone ringing ] whoa. [ indistinct talking ] deductible . Definitely speaking insurance. Additional interest on umbrella policy . Can you translate . Damage minimization of civil commotion. When insurance needs translating, get answers in plain english at progressiveanswers. Com. He wants you to sign karens birthday card. Its a high honor. He wants you to sign karens birthday card. Wat t. 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And Prime Minister may is really is in an untenable position, which shes trying to act domestically as if she can get a better deal than the status quo ante, and that is not possible. And shes trying to negotiate as if shes an equal youve got the worlds fifth largest economy negotiating with a world super power. She can spin it domestically but as the rubber hits the road especially because theres not a sense of falling a cliff and theres a razor edge of the potential exit and nothing is forcing the political players in the u. K. To have to compromise. Everyones still playing politics, you know, the way senator osborn and when you put the referendum forward in the first place. Shes going to face in all likelihood a no confidence vote which she could win or lose. But this deal she put forward for 14 hours it looked like oh, they made progress, they made no progress whatsoever. What that means basically is what britain is looking for is access to the European Market and theyre saying you can only get that if youre a full member. Theres no prospect they can get the deal theyre fantasizing about getting. The most likely outcome here is there is a vet of no confidence, theresa may wins it though barely, she then has a year where they cant have another such vote, and she puts forward a slightly tweaked deal, but it gets to be truly towards the end of negotiating where suddenly the british market feels its going to implode if the u. K. Doesnt support it, if the parliamentarians doesnt support it. Sometimes they say when you take a problem and fix it, you need to make it bigger. But all of this brings us back to your column which is the word is actually moving towards deglobization. You see in the usachina relationship supply chains are coming home. Its interesting. A lot of the ceos i speak are kind of in a period of willful blindness about this. Weve had 40 years of the Global Economy working in one particular way, and all thats changing right now. I agree with ians analysis with whats going to happen with brexit. I think its very possible youre going to see it go into the a period of renegotiation. But whuiothink about it from europes perspective and germanys perspective they cant afford to let more countries fall out of the union. I think the rules of the game are changing but the heads of these nations, the global elite and the Business Community are waiting to see if blinks first. Whos going to move their supply chain . Everyones talking about it. Were all in doubt. I think ultimately until you get real political cohesion youre going to have economic volatility and certainly market volatility. What does this like from asia . Theyre looking at europe, the yuns and what are they seeing . Its such a critical period. When asians look at the west, look at the United States and europe and certainly whats going on now in brexit and in the hallways in washington, the disharmony and disunity is terribly anxiety provoking in every capital of the nation. I think what it does is it causes those countries to think ive got to get my best deal with china, and ive got to think more about my neighborhood because these countries that have played such a large role in helping shape our environment through trade, through institutions and through defense, theyre not as reliable in the future as they have been in the past. Fascinating. Pleasure to have you all on. We will have you back. All right, next up where in the world is the largest tech incubator . It is not in Silicon Valley. It is actually not in china. It is an unlikely lotion, and we will take you there when we come back. Build attendance for an event. Help people find their way. Fastsigns designed new directional signage. And got them back on track. 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Beyond fast. Now for our what in the world segment. When you think of the Industrial Revolution you might think of europe and its railways, the cutting edge of technology of the time that unlocked explosive growth. So perhaps its fitting that in a massive abandoned Railway Depot in southeast paris the next great hope for the French Economy is taking root. Its called station f, and its founders call it the largest startup incubator in the world. It spans more than 300,000 square feet and includes more than 1,000 startups. Inincubator represents the entrepreneurial spirit president Emmanuel Macron hopes to foster in france. But it was built with private money of the French Telecom billionaire. Facebook and microsoft have both launched programs working with startups there. So is station f the Silicon Valley of paris . We asked its director. I think station f, a lot of people think it looks very much like Silicon Valley because we have a high density of startups, a lot of Startup Ecosystems based on campus, but we dont want to necessarily be compared with Silicon Valley. We like to think whats happening here is very unique and to the ecosystem in europe. So what is happening in the Startup Ecosystem in europe . London is still the tech hub but postbrexit france may have an opportunity to catch up. After his election macron announced an 11 billion fun for innovation. Passed labor reforms designed to help businesses and hire workers. And he launched a tech veelsa. And there are signs of growth. In 2017 french Venture Capital firms raised up 3. 2 billion from 2014. And the found sers of station f one of the companies is led by two american entrepreneurs. Their startup offers computer training to poor communities including migrants and refugees in france. It even teaches a cohort of students to code and works to place them in jobs. What we saw there were quite a few shortterm solutions to integr