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'China needs to change,' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that China’s current economic model — built on “exporting its way out of ...
Treasury chief Bessent knows this one thing about markets that Trump is missing
The gossip on Wall Street is that Bessent and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had to tell Trump that the bond ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent Predicts Tax Cuts to Pass by July 4
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he thought an extension of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts could be ...
Trump says he won’t play ‘hardball’ with China or mention COVID — after Bessent calls tariff standoff unsustainable
Scott Bessent’s reported comments caused shares to briefly spike on Wall Street, with investors watching closely for any ...
Bessent Says China Tariffs Are Not Sustainable as US Signals Willingness to De-Escalate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that high tariffs between the United States and ...
Trump administration says IMF and World Bank are falling short of their missions
The treasury secretary said the Trump administration remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and the World ...
Bessent: We Expect IMF To "Call Out" China's Distortive And Opaque Economic Policies
During a speech Wednesday where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration wants to "make the IMF the IMF again," BESSENT: Here in the United States we know we need to get our ...
US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown against ...
Trump's treasury secretary says plan is not for 'America alone,' but reiterates focus on trade deficits
Scott Bessent called China’s economic model “unsustainable” as White House officials indicated trade negotiations were ...