Ian Bremmer argues that AI competition between the United States and China is now the single greatest threat to their currently stabilized relationship. He contends that without a formal bilateral dialogue mechanism to manage AI-related tensions, the two countries risk sliding back into the zero-sum conflict seen during the prior year’s trade dispute, which included US tariffs and Chinese retaliation via export controls on rare-earth materials. Bremmer calls for institutionalized US-China talks specifically on AI to prevent this relapse.
