U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that the country is in a "stronger position to win the conflict in the 21st century against China than anyone else," but said he wants competition with Beijing and not conflict. Biden said this during his third State of the Union Address before Congress, in which he also said that his administration is working to optimize the potential of artificial intelligence "to protect us from peril." He disagreed with his fellow Democrats and Republicans who he said have for years said that "China is on the rise and America is falling behind." "They’ve got it backward. America is rising. We have the best economy in the world. Since I’ve come to office, our GDP is up. And our trade deficit with China is down to the lowest point in over a decade," he said. "We’re standing up against China’s unfair economic practices."