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Top U.S. Republican and Democrat lawmakers met President Joe Biden at the White House as they try to hash out a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
The Treasury Department has warned the country could default as soon as June 1st.
CGTN's Nick Harper in Washington looks at the potential knock-on effects of the U.S. not being unable to pay its debts.
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