of a more i'm joined by andrew adair he's the founder and c.e.o. of d.c. berlin consulting good to have you with us andrew china is it looks like it's going from strength to strength what does the country's resilience fundamentally need for the u.s. economy and its weight of the rest of the world or more america is it's a big competition and it's going to remain so i think the. you know the most important point to bear in mind is that the u.s. still does have some inherent strengths it's still the safest investment in the world still safe haven investment use the u.s. still has the world's reserve currency the the best concentration of research universities the strongest military etc but i think the thing that's most important for the united states now is you play to its inherent historic strength of working with partners and working with allies and that's something that china doesn't have china does not have an alliance system it's only ally in the world is north korea so if for example as in your setup piece. it alluded to the fact that there's going to b

china relations here's andrew adair he's the founder and c.e.o. of d.c. berlin consulting you know these america 1st policies you know may have come to an end relatively soon if joe biden is sworn in as the next u.s. president on january 20th in a matter of weeks. you know the united states is a democracy unlike china and china they have an authoritarian system it's a surveillance state that gives them certain inherent advantages when you're talking about economic resilience and economic growth. but the united states you know we we have not been able to get a 2nd relief package through congress in the last few months which everybody you know the federal reserve and our all are economic actors believe is a must in order for the. american economic prosperity to continue we have to get another relief package through and then we need. a credible national plan to get the pandemic under control and that's something that president trump has not been able to offer so united states has a political leadership vacuum right now that could change in the coming months

china relations here's andrew adair he's the founder and c.e.o. of d.c. berlin consulting you know these america 1st policies you know may come to an end relatively soon if joe biden is sworn in as the next u.s. president on january 20th in a matter of weeks. you know the united states is a democracy unlike china and china they have an authoritarian system that's a surveillance state that gives them certain inherent advantages when you're talking about economic resilience and economic growth. but the united states you know we we have not been able to get a 2nd relief package through congress in the last few months which everybody in the federal reserve and our all are economic actors believe is. a must in order for the . american economic prosperity to continue we have to get another relief package through and then we need. a credible national plan to get the pandemic under control and that's something that president trump has not been able to offer so united states has a political leadership vacuum right now that could change in the coming months and you