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Treasury Secretary Bessent In WH Briefing Room

Fortune on MSN · 21h

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

As I repeatedly said, I believe that it’s up to China to de-escalate, because they sell five times more to us than we sell to them,” Bessent said Monday morning on CNBC. So

New York Post on MSN · 23h

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."

China, Trump and Bessent

Talks or no talks? Bessent fails to back Trump on China claim

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.

MarketWatch · 12m

Are China and U.S. negotiating on tariffs? Bessent declines to comment.

A trade deal between the Trump White House and China doesn’t look imminent, as there isn't even agreement on the extent to which the two sides are talking. In a press briefing, U.S. Treasury Secretary

The Wall Street Journal · 8m

Bessent Declines to Say Whether Trump Has Spoken to China's Xi

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to say whether the U.S. and China are in direct negotiations over tariffs and if President Trump has been in touch with President Xi. "They have a different form of government,

7mon MSN

WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt and Scott Bessent hold press briefing on Trump’s 100th day

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are holding a press briefing on the economy ...

The Daily Signal12h

Hill GOP Budget Leaders in ‘Lockstep,’ Treasury Chief Bessent Says

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent stresses unity around the upcoming budget bill after his meeting with GOP leaders at ...

Just The News14h

Bessent says lawmakers now need to pass Trump's tax agenda by July 4

We’ve got three legs to the President’s economic agenda, trade, tax and deregulation, and we hope that we can have this tax ...

1d

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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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 ...

5don MSN

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 ...

10h

US treasury secretary Bessent sets July 4 tax bill goal as economic worries mount

Republicans passed a budget resolution that would allow them to fast-track the tax bill through Congress without needing to ...

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Sen. Warren Asks Bessent for Details of Investor Meeting

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass) asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to disclose details of a closed-door investor meeting ...

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