And I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point and We want to make sure that we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation [with China]. And for that question to even arise. Ambassador well, I mean, obviously that would be the president's prerogative as to what how to deploy, you know, our military. (31:27–31:45)
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Asserts that the United States aims to avoid confrontation with China through economic research and global positioning.
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