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US President Joe Biden, Mexican President AMLO and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau arrive for a joint news conference at the conclusion of the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City.
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What We’re Watching: Three Amigos huddle, Peruvian violence, East Asia travel curbs

Three Amigos talk and ... that's all, folks; a deadly day in Peru; East Asian COVID visa beef; will Bolsonaro ever go home?

US/China power struggle, the global political balance, and your finances
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Episode 9: US/China power struggle, the global political balance, and your finances

Listen: “China's ability to grow in unprecedented fashion came because they had really cheap labor, and wealthy countries around the world were very happy to take advantage of that labor. Those two things are no longer true,” said Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media. From the state of the great technological decoupling to China's zero-COVID policy, the relationship between the US and China remains both critically important and deeply fraught.

Boris Johnson is going to be out, one way or the other
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Boris Johnson is going to be out, one way or the other

Will Boris Johnson step down? With Beijing rolling out China's first vaccine mandate, how soon will China ease its lockdowns? Is the United States the only developed country struggling with mass shootings? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

NATO Summit most important post-Berlin Wall
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NATO Summit most important post-Berlin Wall

What is the significance of Japan and South Korea's presence at the NATO summit? With China lowering its quarantine period, do they finally have control of COVID-19? Will new G7 sanctions on Russia be effective at stopping the war in Ukraine? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

How depoliticizing the US health response will save lives (​COVID isn't over)
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How depoliticizing the US health response will save lives (​COVID isn't over)

We're not done with the pandemic — yet. Although COVID will likely become endemic sometime this year in some parts of the world, the virus will still rage on everywhere else. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer catches up on the pandemic's state of play with former CDC chief Tom Frieden, who has a message for everyone who hasn't gotten vaxxed yet: do it.

What We're Watching: Hungarian holdout, hope in Shanghai, US troops return to Somalia
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What We're Watching: Hungarian holdout, hope in Shanghai, US troops return to Somalia

China isn't budging on zero-COVID
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China isn't budging on zero-COVID

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: In China, the zero-COVID policy means that they've got still major lockdowns. Shanghai, the largest city in China, is now entering a second week of lockdown - record numbers of cases in Shanghai, nothing close to the numbers of cases you were seeing in the United States or in Europe. But in China, very few people have gotten COVID, so there's no natural immunity.

Should China learn to live with COVID?
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Should China learn to live with COVID?

If omicron makes cases explode in China, the country's leaders will have to choose between weathering short-term or long-term pain. Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, predicts that sticking to the zero-COVID approach at all costs will hurt the Chinese and global economy. In his view, learning to live with the virus is the way to go.

China vs COVID in 2022
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China vs COVID in 2022

Omicron has arrived. It's more contagious, but less severe. Some parts of the world are even looking forward to the pandemic becoming endemic. Not China. Xi Jinping's zero-COVID strategy has worked wonders until now, but it's unlikely to survive omicron, explains Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics
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COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics

China's zero-COVID strategy will be put to its biggest test to date with the Beijing Winter Olympics approach. Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, says Chinese officials think they are taking the safest approach, but that may not be enough against the more transmissible omicron variant.