So I don't want to just say one of the things that Covid did. I think most nations around the world have operated on the basis of the national interest. This idea that we should operate in the interest of the global economy is a Western phenomena that China never bought into. the Russians never did. Many others. And for most of these countries, it always made sense to act in the national interests and they continue to do so and we haven't. (16:23–16:29)
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Asserts that China has never subscribed to the idea of operating in the interest of the global economy.
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