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US and China should stay clear-eyed on AI cooperation and competition: Bessent

Headline via The Straits Times · first report 11 Nov, 06:58 IST, latest 11 Nov, 08:15 IST

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He also said trade ties will continue through tariff cuts, farm purchases and investment talks.
Bessent, who will travel to China next week for U.S. President Donald Trump’s third meeting this year with Chinese President Xi Jinping, said that he wanted to “build a constructive relationship on the basis of balance and reciprocity”

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