US Aim Is to De-Risk Not Decouple With China, Bessent Says

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States aims to de-risk, rather than decouple, its relationship with China. He also said the two countries are working on a direct channel to alert each other to incidents involving advanced AI models.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking in New York at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, said that the aim of the US is to de-risk, not de-couple from China. Bessent added that the US is working to establish a "direct channel" that will allow both nations to alert the other to incidents involving their “super intelligence” — or AI — models. (Source: Bloomberg)