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Bessent Pursues $30B Tariff Cuts and AI Guardrails to Cut $1.2 Trillion China Surplus

U.S. and Chinese officials will hold dialogues to prevent powerful AI models from falling into the hands of non-state actors. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the talks on AI guardrails and tariff cuts for $30 billion in non-strategic goods on each side are part of the lead-up to a late September summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Bessent will urge G20 nations at a finance meeting to reassess trade terms to lower global imbalances, citing China's $1.2 trillion trade surplus. He argued that tougher trade barriers would encourage Beijing to shift its economy from exports toward domestic demand.

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  1. SOURCE@kyleichan“artificial ⁠intelligence guardrails aimed at keeping powerful AI models from falling into the hands of non-state actors”x.com
  2. SOURCE@reuters“G20 countries should consider more trade barriers with China to cut imbalances”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@financialjuice“will urge G20 nations at finance meeting to reassess trade terms”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@financialjuice“encourage Beijing to shift economy from exports to domestic demand”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@financialjuice“world can't accept China with ongoing $1.2 trillion trade surplus”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@financialjuice“stopping powerful models getting into non-state actors' hands”x.com
  7. SUPPORT@financialjuice“will pursue tariff cuts on $30 billion in non-strategic goods each side”x.com
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