Expert. Also, eatle lesles less meat if humanity to survive but how do we convince those with a tenderness for tbones or lamb or pork or chicken or goat to stop . Amanda little has the answer. But first, here is my take. Todays crisis of conservatism produced surprisingly few books that try to analyze what happened to this creed. For decades, conservatism was a dominant ideology in the western world championed by matcher and Ronald Reagan and now its quietly collapsed. President trumps populism has taken over the republican party, brexit fever consumed britains conservative leaders into this middle comes george f wills the sense bltt. I admire will and deeply book will try to explain the basic features of his creed. American conservatism will announces has almost nothing to do with european conservatism which descended from tainted by thrown and alter, blood and soil th rationality and triabbalism. The United States was made by philosophy. American conserve tatism defen the original philosophy of the founding fathers. Classical liberal list m, the Counter Point to this tradition will argues is progressive is m and to flourish. This tradition for george will has eroded the ideals of the american founding, invited the spirit of america and created a country less free, less selfrely and posed. The problem is after the new deal came the astonishing american boom of the 1950s and 60s and after the Great Society was the revolution which the United States dominated more than any nation. The fact remains in 2019, the United States is one of the most free dynamic and innovative countries on the planet. If that is the result of a sen cu century of policies maybe we need more. Conservatism is unsure whether America Today is a fallen republic or astonishing story. This might help explain the rise of donald trump ever since the 1930s conservatives are promising the rollback of the progressive agenda. Yet, despite the regan revolution, the gingrich revolution, the tea party revolution, the american state is bigger than ever. Should we chalk this up to incompetence . No, more likely conservatives know that the public actually wants the welfare state and a modern country could not function under the experiment. In any case, the result is that conservative leaders have left their base pearmanently feeling betrayed and distrustful of any campaign promises. In recent years, as the fever grew voters began desperate for someone that had not played this game of switch with them. Into this rage against elites walked donald trump who easily toppled the conservative establishment and rode the frustration with elites all the way to the white house. Youre elite. George will wrote a fascinating book but at its heart is the same saga of a lost american yutopia. Will describes himself as a low voltage atheist and knows there never really was a garden of eden. For more go to cnn. Com fareed and read my Washington Post column and lets get started. Well go to jim schutto. Good morning, fareed. We have this breaking news in france. This is the annual gathering of president s and Prime Ministers of the largest e vance est adva economies. A plane carrying the foreign minister mohammed e h mohammed. Pamela, do we know what the function of this visit is then by the Iranian Foreign minister and is there the possibility of talks with u. S. Officials sometime in the future . Well, thats certainly what the u. S. Wants. In fact, Steve Mnuchin spoke with reporters and said the u. S. Is open to speaking with iranians but the iranians are statement from the spokesman for the foreign minute tristry says negotiations and the Spokesman Says the Iranian Foreign minister will continue consultations and discussions on recent initiatives between the president s of iran and france. The president was asked about this and simply said no comment in response to the unexpected arrival of the Iranian Foreign minister. Steve mnuchin went further and did add that again the u. S. Is open to a dialogue with the iranians but the iranians have made their stance clear they are not open to dialogue with the United States. Of course, here at the g 7, iran is a central focus, many of the countrys here want to keep Nuclear Weapons out of the hands of iran but how to go about doing so, they differ. Of course, President Trump as you know pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal and just in recent months tensions have been rising between the u. S. And iran as youll recall recently iranians shot down a u. S. Drone and the u. S. Was prepared to send a limited missile strike over and so this is certainly an interesting dynamic that the Iranian Foreign minister mohamm mohamm Mohammed Zarif landed. Were joined by david sanger. National security correspondent and author of a book. David, you make the point that this is President Trumps third g 7 and in that time he has not moved americas closest allies one iota closer to his position to lead the Iran Nuclear Deal. Do we know this function and is it possible that maybe the iranians and americans are surprised by meeting facetoface on the ground there . Well, imagine its possible but mr. Zarif himself, jim, who was sanctioned by the Trump Administration just a few weeks ago, and basically they went after whatever assets he had in the United States. He said he didnt have any, and essentially barred him from travel to the u. S. Except perhaps visits to the u. N. At the same time, hes the on one they can really talk to. There is not going to be a meeting at least any time that we can imagine between the president and the Supreme Leader in iran that usually does not meet american or european counter parts. He has met Prime Minister abe of japan. So zarif probably was the best for the negotiations, first in secret, then in public with the obama administration. Interesting question here is the europeans were there and unified in a set f efforts to counter the american sanctions and under cut the u. S. Sanctions on iran because they say they want to perceive the iran deal. President trump has been completely on the other side of that and there is no indication right now that earth side is giving on that issue. Okay. Lets talk about the china trade war. Of course, the president some 48 hours ago royaled International Markets by announcing new sanctions retall toiation on ch but the president back and forth in the last 24 hours has to whether he was having second thoughts on the inposition or having second thoughts he did not go tough enough, do we have any sense of what the actual White House Position is on this . I think the white house is struggling to come up with a position on this. I mean, was just on friday, jim, that you saw the president descri describe the president of china as an enemy. The same paragraph he used that phrase for jay powell, the head of the federal reserve. Today he said our relationship with china is actually quite good. People are accustomed to the fact the president swerved many ways but in the china negotiations, i think the bigger fear is its not clear to anybody what our objectives are. Is it simply the removal of trade barriers in china . Is it the theft of American Technology . Is it the requirement that American Companies turnover their technology if they want to manufacture in china . Is it the Chinese Telecom manufacturer who President Trump is trying has banned from the u. S. And trying to get the europeans to do the same . So we dont understand the priorities here in any way, and i think that thats what has the markets royaled, that and the president s claim on friday which he does appear to be backing away from that American Companies should get out of china. In fact, he seemed to suggestion he could order that. He did by tweet. Its not at all clear he has that authority. So i think whats royaling the markets and allies here is the fact there is so much inconsistency in the american position and because the chinese have clearly not folded as President Trump believed that they would. They have not and in fact, there are some reads from inside china that china senses political weakness in this president and willing to apply greater pressure Going Forward. David sanger, great to have your analysis there as the g 7 talks continue in france. Well continue to follow the headlines from france as the u. S. Meets with its closest allies there. 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The most populist continent by far and the world will gain a billion new middle class consumers in asia alone. So how is the socalled asian century going . Has it been derail ordinaed or strengthened by President Trump. A cnn global contributor and the author of the new book, the future is asian. What does the tension between the United States and china over trade suggest to you . They see that the u. S. And china are on the way to decoupling. The u. S. Is trading more with canada and mexico than china. So asians are looking to potentially ratify this year the regional comprehensive partnership, the rcep. Thats 16 countries that will constitute one of the largest free trader r eras in the worldd it will increase or expand the exports to each other. Thats basically where this trade war is taking asia, towards greater regional and more integration or compliments to each other andles less depen danon the u. S. What do you make of the free trade deals the europeans are signing with European Countries . Its a great point. Glad you brought it up. Its important to also make clear this pattern youre describing began before the trade war broke out. The European Union countries trade more with china and with is asia as a whole than the United States and trade more with asia than the United States. The transatlantic economic relationship was the bed rook of the systrelationship for decade. And indeed, the e. U. In the only has a Free Trade Agreement that it signed earlier this year with japan, it wants to have a similar agreement with the Asian Countries of Southeast Asia and one with india and companies are getting into the Chinese Market more heavily to substitute for american rivals like boeing. So the situation that will unfold is that the european asian trade relationship is really going to strengthen. Its 1. 6 trillion today that could easily grow to 2 trillion, 2. 5 trillion per year while americas trade with europe and americas trade with asia will stagnate or decline. So what youre describing is a world in asia that is moving forward and the United States to a certain extent is being left behind. I mean, the most visible symbol of this is probably the u. S. Opting out of the chance pacitr partnership. We can do a before and after comparison. The United States is clearly no longer heading Security Order in asia such as we knew during the cold war. So we have to really look at the individual relationships that Asian Countries have with the u. S. One by one. Japan of course remains an american ally but look at south corey, korea, they are moving forward with belton road initiative, collaboration with china to enhance the industrial exports. Australia has Just Announced it does not want to see american missiles stationed at darwin. So we really have to look one by one to see where american geopolitical leverage or points of influence will remain in the years ahead. And do they worry . Do Asian Countries worry about the rise of china or are they accommodating themselves to this new reality . Absolutely. Look, Asian Countries have been more fearful of china than anyone else and felt that long before trump was e lektselected office and launched this trade war and activities. Every country in the region has an outstanding border dispute with china or legacy sort of tension with them or even very recent instances of an altercation in the maritime domain. All of chinas neighbors are quite suspicious of it, but they share this geography, they share this asian mega region. They want to find ways to accommodate their largest trading partner and what is interesting and i dont think its reported enough so im glad were able to talk about it now, china is learning to accommodate them. Its not just that they get bullied and step back and accept what china wants. You can see china learning it has to accommodate neighbors if it wants to succeed. I think that the asia were heading towards is not one unilaterally dominated by china but one in which a, the United States should still be there playing a very Important Role as a security guarantee but also one that really restores what asian history has been, fareed, multipol multipolar. You have deep, rich civilizations that are confident the way india is becoming, the way japan still is, even the southeast Asian Countries rising up and speaking for themselves and that will be a stable asia in the long run. Fascinating view from asia. Always a pleasure. Thank you so much, fareed. Next on gps tensions are rising between the u. S. And china in another way when we come back, find out why the u. S. And china are facing off over science. The first survivor of alzheimers disease is out there. 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