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How Bessent explained the 115-point reduction in U.S.-China tariffs that has triggered market euphoria
U.S. Trade Secretary Scott Bessent said neither the U.S. nor China want to see a decoupling in their relationship, as each ...
Bessent Is Upbeat on China Trade Talks Thanks to 2020 Framework
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the trade deal from Donald Trump’s first tariff war with China gives the world’s two ...
Bessent Says More U.S.-China Trade Meetings Likely in ‘Next Few Weeks’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. and China could start work soon on a fuller trade agreement, after the ...
Bessent hopeful future US-China trade talks will lay groundwork for ‘more fulsome agreement’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed optimism about continuing trade negotiations with Chinese officials after meeting ...
Scott Bessent says US doesn't want to decouple from China ahead of scheduled meeting with Chinese counterpart
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives "The Ingraham Angle" an update on trade negotiations with China and their next talks ...
Bessent Hails ‘Productive’ U.S.-China Trade Talks
The Treasury secretary cited progress and promised more details Monday. Beijing said the two sides agreed to start a formal ...
Bessent: U.S., China slash tariffs after ‘robust’ talks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on May 12 that China and the U.S. have agreed ...
Bessent sees tariff agreement as progress in ‘strategic' decoupling with China
The trade pact reached over the weekend represents another stage in the U.S. shaking its reliance on Chinese products, the ...
Scott Bessent optimistic China will boost response to fentanyl trade: ‘Upside surprise’
Deaths in the U.S. attributed to fentanyl have surged in the past decade, topping 76,000 in 2022 alone, according to the CDC.
US makes ‘substantial progress’ in China tariff talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says
U.S. negotiators said Sunday that “substantial progress” was made and “perhaps the differences weren’t so large” after two ...
US Treasury's Bessent says China 'negotiations' to start Saturday without Navarro
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described a meeting with Chinese officials on trade starting on Saturday ...
Trump’s Tariffs On China Slashed For 90 Days—Latest Big Tariff Flip-Flop Since ‘Liberation Day’
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” ...