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Scott Bessent: “The Chinese were not reliable suppliers [during COVID].”

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

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Paul Gigot in Conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 17:20

I think de risk is a better word. So we want to de risk in certain critical areas. A lot of that came to light during COVID The Chinese were not reliable suppliers [during COVID]. They closed down their economy. But they are. All the things you complain about are subsidizing the semiconductors, shipbuilding, rare earths, those are strategic and we have to reshore those medicines. (17:20–17:27)

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Asserts that China was not a reliable supplier during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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