Helberg: China is actively decoupling from the US and de-risking failure points
Jacob Helberg · Trump’s Plan for AI Dominance · Joe Lonsdale · May 19, 2026 · at 2:15
Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg discusses China's economic and supply chain strategy during a discussion on US critical dependencies.
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“China is on a path to decoupling from us and de-risking all of its single points of failure.”
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