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Scott Bessent: “China is the second largest economy in the world.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 13:41

… little bit of a softening this sort of an acknowledgment that these two countries, we need each other in terms of trade? Joe, what it, what is acknowledging is China, China is the second largest economy in the world. And you know, I've been very consistent when I said we don't want to decouple, we don't want to decouple, we need to de risk. (13:41–13:45)

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Asserts that China holds the position of the second largest economy globally.

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