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Scott Bessent: “Trade policy, industrial policy, and national security…”

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FULL REMARKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Speaks At Reagan National Economic Forum

Published | Video Starts at 14:32

That we can measure the health of our economy not merely by what it produces, but whom it lifts. That secure supply chains matter as much as stock indices. The productive capacity is power. The Trade policy, industrial policy, and national security policy must all fit together or they will each fail separately. So let me begin. Let me end where I began, with President Reagan's reminder to identify where we went wrong and to recover our faith in what can go right … (14:32–14:43)

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Asserts the necessity of aligning trade, industrial, and national security policies for success.

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