Zanny Minton Beddoes has been editor-in-chief of The Economist since 2015. She joined the international weekly publication in 1994 as its emerging markets correspondent. In 2018, Beddoes was ranked among Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world. She joins Preet to discuss the state of U.S.-China relations, whether AI technology should be regulated, and an unexpected silver lining of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Plus, the possibility that Mike Pence evades testifying in the Justice Department’s January 6th investigation, and a brief explainer on federal grand juries.
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