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Scott Bessent: “The reason we are able to have fulsome discussions with the…”

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

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Squawk Pod: Scott Bessent from Beijing - 05/14/26 | Audio Only

Published | Video Starts at 30:24

And sitting here in China right now, it is of the utmost importance that the US Maintain our lead in AI. The reason we are able to have fulsome discussions with the Chinese on AI is because we are in the lead. I do not think we would be having the same discussions if they were this far ahead of us. (30:24–30:31)

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Asserts that the US's lead in AI enables discussions with China.

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