This is not a forever war and it's not a forever expense for us either.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,

with our own Squawkbox host, Andrew Ross Sorkin.

You just met with Zonski.

Sozelenski this morning.

Between his meetings with the leaders of Ukraine, Israel and others,

Secretary Blinken sat down with Andrew for a wide-ranging conversation

on many topics, like the importance of Taiwan-China relations

for the world economy.

50% of the world's commerce every single day goes through that straight.

The semiconductors made on Taiwan are powering the world in every conceivable way.

The nuances of war in the Middle East, what we're focused on is trying to make sure that October 7th never happens again.

That should be the bar.

That should be the measure.

And Israel has made good progress.

Protecting civilians in conflict. Far too many

Palestinians. Innocent Palestinians have been killed. And managing the humanitarian and

economic interests in war zones around the world. This has been an attack on international

commerce, international shipping, not an attack on Israel, not an attack on the

United States. I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer. Squawk Pond reports US

Secretary of State Anthony Blinking begins right now. We're here. It's the 54th World Economic Forum in Davos. The world's leaders in

business and in politics have all convened in Switzerland and we're right in the

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