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Scott Bessent: “The US hosted a treasury last Monday, a critical mineral…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:53

And I think the other thing too is just like with Liberation Day last year, not you, Joe, but the media has gone into hysterics. The Europeans are going to sell their US Assets. US Is not a reliable partner. The US hosted a treasury last Monday, a critical mineral summit to try to get the rest of the world to move with the speed that the US Is to avoid this chokehold that China has on critical minerals. So we had our G7 partners, Mexico, India, South Korea and Australia there. And this is what US Leadership looks like. Joe, there will be talk over here, no doubt. (03:53–04:07)

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Asserts that the US held a summit to address China's control over critical minerals.

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