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Scott Bessent: “We have identified seven industries [as strategic].”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 25:13

That's not how we do it in America. Well, that's the reason we've got this rare earth problem. Again, we're not going to come in and take stakes in non strategic industries, but we've We have identified seven industries [as strategic]. if anyone wants to read it. I wrote a paper on this about 15 months ago for a speech I delivered at the Manhattan Institute and I do believe, and … (25:13–25:28)

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