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Scott Bessent, China and Treasury Secretary

Fortune on MSN · 4h

Scott Bessent says it’s China’s responsibility to ‘de-escalate’ trade war

Secretary Treasury Scott Bessent said both the U.S. and China don’t want the trade war to escalate. However, he said it’s China’s responsibility to ensure that doesn’t happen. As the U.S. and China stare each down amid their ongoing trade war,

New York Post on MSN · 6h

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 rates would have to come from China — not the US.

Insider on MSN · 1d

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defends the 'strategic uncertainty' of Trump's trade talks: 'Nobody's better at creating this leverage'

Scott Bessent told ABC News on Sunday that some of the countries looking to negotiate with Trump should curb their "non-tariff trade barriers."

Trump, China and Bessent

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Bessent says he doesn't know if Trump has spoken with China’s Xi

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended Trump’s negotiating strategy on trade deals but said he didn't know if Trump was speaking directly with Chinese President Xi.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Bessent Does Not Back up Trump on China Tariff Discussions

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday did not back President Donald Trump's assertion that tariff talks with China were under way and said he did not know if the U.S. president had talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Daily Beast on MSN · 1d

Treasury Sec Refutes Trump on Chinese Tariffs: ‘Unsustainable’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had no clue whether President Donald Trump had actually spoken to China to negotiate tariffs—days after Trump said they were happening. “I think that the Chinese will see that this high tariff level is unsustainable for their business model,

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India-US trade deal likely to be one of first pacts under Trump, says Bessent

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said many top trading partners of the United States had made ‘very good’ ...

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Bessent on Trump Tariff Strategy: "In Game Theory, It's Called Strategic Uncertainty"

Treasury Secretay Scott Bessent described President Trump's strategy in his tariff campaign as "strategic uncertainty" during ...

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Treasury Secretary Bessent says stock market concerns are 'media-driven'

Secretary Scott Bessent of the Department of the Treasury said Sunday that concerns over the stock market are driven by the ...

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Bessent says he doesn’t know if Trump, Xi have talked on trade

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he doesn’t know whether President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have ...

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Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into shouting match in West Wing

Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got into a shouting match last week, two White House officials confirmed to ...

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Bessent Demurs on Trump’s Claim of Trade Talks With China’s Xi

The Treasury secretary said that the President Trump and Xi Jinping of China have a good relationship but that he was not ...

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White House Praises ‘Healthy Debate’ After Reports Of Elon Musk, Scott Bessent Screaming Match

The New York Times previously reported there was a "power struggle" between the two regarding the acting commissioner of the ...

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Bessent, Republicans Huddle on Taxes as Economic Tension Builds

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and congressional Republicans will meet to sketch out the plan for passing a multi-trillion ...

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