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Pete Buttigieg: “Only we could set the table. And then once we did, there was…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Buttigieg at the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit - 5/9/2026

Published | Video Starts at 29:11

… ports, a bunch of people actually weren't talking to each other because they were in a competitive mindset, did not have the trust that you were talking about, Minister, and Only we could set the table. And then once we did, there was a level of coordination that helped save the day. We're going to need that much more at a moment when, for example, somebody needs to set a table that the AI companies would come to, to collectively weigh in or contend with some of the big problems we have. (29:11–29:17)

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Asserts that government intervention facilitated coordination among stakeholders during the supply chain crisis.

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