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Show Notes
- Momentum behind President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan is picking up as Israel prepares to start its new government. But this week President Trump reiterated that Israel annexing portions of the West Bank is contingent on its acceptance of a Palestinian state.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been missing from official duties for a few weeks, leading analysts to say this could be an opportunity for China to exert more power over the regime.
- A new report on global defense spending shows both Russia and Germany surging in their military expenditures, pointing to a prophesied future conflict between the two.
- We also talk about the collapse of oil markets undermining the power of the U.S. dollar, a new free-trade deal between Mexico and the EU, Germany cracking down on the Islamic group Hezbollah, and U.S. food producers having to throw out perfectly good food because of coronavirus restrictions.
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- [00:40] Mideast Peace Plan (9 minutes)
- [09:32] Missing: Kim Jong-un (8 minutes)
- [17:58] Oil Market Collapse & the U.S. Dollar (11 minutes)
- [29:03] EU and Mexico Free-Trade Deal (6 minutes)
- [35:20] Global Defense Spending (2 minutes)
- [37:20] German Defense Spending (7 minutes)
- [43:58] German Crackdown on Hezbollah (7 minutes)
- [51:27] Coronavirus and Food Producers (3 minutes)