Foreign Relations

Thursday, October 18, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

For the past few weeks, the focus has been on domestic affairs, particularly on the midterm elections and the Kavanaugh confirmation. But last week a murder in the Saudi consulate in Turkey has gotten attention because of its gruesome details. Meanwhile, the trade war with China escalates and may continued into the upcoming climate talks in December.

Here are the videos for the meeting:

• Saudi Arabia: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Fareed: How Trump can win cold war with China
• China vs US on climate change policy going into 2018
• UN report predicts grim outlook for 2040 if carbon emissions rise

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

• China has world's largest nuclear power capacity under construction
• Bill Gates explains why China might build the first fourth generation nuclear reactor