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Scott Bessent: “We did [the economic cooperation agreement] three months…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:32

President Zelinsky pushed back against it. The same people you're just talking about there pushed back against it. Mainstream media pushed back against it. You know what, We did [the economic cooperation agreement] three months later, and now it is the centerpiece for the Ukrainian economy. that this agreement is even funding military plants for the very innovative military sector in the Ukraine. So you know, I would be very careful on conventional wisdom. (07:32–07:48)

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Asserts that the economic cooperation agreement is now central to the Ukrainian economy.

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