Bessent proposes AI alerts with China as trade friction looms
Scott Bessent proposed an AI safety alert system to He Lifeng, but Washington prefers voluntary safeguards over real rules that strategic competitors will simply ignore
By Tom Beckwith ·
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Bessent meets He Lifeng to trade talk for a new AI hotline
Washington and Beijing plan an artificial intelligence incident hotline ahead of the presidential summit, seeking risk reduction while foundational trade frictions persist.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Washington and Beijing offer an AI hotline as a trade sedative
Washington and Beijing launch an artificial intelligence hotline and a new board of trade in New York, trading shallow diplomatic process for deep structural divergence.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump mistakes tactical trade deals for strategic peace with Xi
As Donald Trump prepares to meet Xi Jinping to negotiate artificial intelligence and tariffs, Washington risks mistaking narrow technical fixes for a genuine shift in Beijing’s strategic ambitions.
By Tom Beckwith ·