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Treasury Secretary Bessent says ‘it’s up to China’ — not the US — to de-escalate trade war
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday signaled that a de-escalation of the trade war over President Trump’s harsh tariff ...
Bessent says US will weigh China's failure on 'phase one' trade deal from first term in negotiations
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the Trump administration will weigh China's lack of compliance with the "phase one" trade ...
Bessent: ‘We put China to the side’ in trade negotiations
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said late Wednesday that the U.S. has “put China to the side” as administration officials ...
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Bessent Tells Investors He Expects Trade Tension With China to De-Escalate
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking at a banking conference earlier this month. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) ...
Bessent says US ready to sign Ukraine mineral deal ‘this afternoon’ despite late changes
Bessent did not reveal any specifics of the deal, but said that Washington and Kyiv came to an agreement over the weekend.
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“If you try to solve a macro problem through tariffs, it's not going to work,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson ...
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WATCH: Bessent defends Trump’s ‘strategic uncertainty,’ says certainty ‘not necessarily a good thing in negotiating’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the economic uncertainty upending global financial markets is a tool ...
US tariffs could cost China 5–10 million jobs, 'onus' on Beijing, Bessent says
The administration later walked back its initial proposal, and announced April 9 it would immediately hike tariffs on Chinese ...