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US Vice President JD Vance departed from a dinner of heads of state on Monday night when Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing “began praising trade and the UN,” The Telegraph reported, citing a reporter present.

Dominique Seux, the only French journalist at the dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Monday night, said that the US vice president clearly perceived Guoqing’s speech as “pure anti-Trumpism.”

The incident preceded Vance’s address at the AI Action summit in the French capital on February 11th, where he cautioned both European allies and rivals like China against “over-regulation” of AI and tightening government control.

Vance also criticized content moderation, labeling it “authoritarian censorship.”

Addressing a room filled with senior politicians, including French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vance indicated that the United States intends to maintain its dominant position in the field of artificial intelligence.

“America wants to work with all of you. We want to begin the coming AI revolution in a spirit of openness and cooperation,” the Vice President said. However, he argued that fostering such trust will require international regulatory regimes that encourage rather than “stifle” AI technology, and he urged his “European friends” in particular to approach this new frontier with optimism.

“America cannot and will not accept this, and we think it is a terrible mistake,” Vance asserted, adding that the new Trump administration was concerned by reports that “some foreign governments” were contemplating pressuring US tech companies with international operations.

The vice president argued at the summit that the world stands on the cusp of a “new industrial revolution,” but that it will never materialize “if excessive regulation discourages innovators from taking the risks necessary to move the ball forward.”

Vance also issued a veiled warning to China, stating that the US would “protect AI and chip technology from theft and misuse, and close pathways to the enemies that threaten us.”

“Partnering with such regimes will never work in the long run,” the American politician declared, without explicitly naming the regimes he was referencing.

On the summit’s first day, Macron urged Europe to reduce bureaucratic obstacles to facilitate AI development in the region, following the Trump administration’s relaxation of AI regulations, which highlighted the divergent strategies for AI in the US, China, and Europe.

Vance is leading the US delegation to the summit, where representatives from nearly 100 countries, including China, India, and the US, will convene to determine whether competing national interests can be reconciled.