Day: September 26, 2025
United States National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett estimated on Thursday that China will “lose the artificial intelligence race” if it stops importing Nvidia’s chips. He told Fox News that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to Chinese officials “practically every day” and that the two sides have made an “enormous amount of progress,” but there is still work to do. He also expressed concern that China has stopped buying American agricultural products, Azernews reports.
This statement was more than a flourish. It came at the conclusion of a speech that traced Azerbaijan’s journey from decades of occupation and war to peace, reconstruction, and international partnership. At each stage, President Aliyev’s appeal to the world rested on one principle: international law must not only exist on paper, it must be upheld in practice.
