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Scott Bessent, IMF and China

CBS News on MSN · 23h

Treasury chief Scott Bessent says U.S. has an "an opportunity for a big deal" with China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he believes the Trump administration could strike a deal with China.

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform and there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has played a balancing act trying to reassure nervous investors that the U.S. would maintain its global leadership role while staying true to the Trump administration’s skepticism of multilateral banking organizations.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rips IMF over woke ‘mission creep’

It devotes disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues,” Bessent said.

Scott Bessent, China and tariffs

Agence France-Presse on MSN · 21h

Bessent says 'no currency targets' in Japan tariff talks

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that Washington has "no currency targets" in its talks with Japan on tariffs, after repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a stronger yen. Bessent said Washington is looking at "tariffs,

Reuters · 1d

US, China tariffs both need to fall for trade talks to start, Bessent says

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he believes that excessively high tariffs between the U.S. and China will have to come down before trade negotiations can proceed but said President Donald Trump would not unilaterally cut tariffs on Chinese imports.

The Financial Times · 1d

Scott Bessent warns mutual de-escalation required in US-China trade war

Speaking to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, Bessent said “there would have to be a de-escalation by both sides”, echoing comments he made to a JPMorgan conference on Tuesday, where he warned that the US-China trade war was “not sustainable”.

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Elon Musk and Scott Bessent had heated argument in halls of the White House: sources

It’s no secret President Trump has put together a team of people who are incredibly passionate about the issues impacting our ...

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South Korea and US aim for deal to lift Trump tariffs by July, Seoul says

US Treasury chief Scott Bessent says talks are ‘moving faster than I thought’, and technical terms could be discussed as ...

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Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.

The billionaire head of the U.S. DOGE Service clashed with Trump Cabinet officials well before he announced he would soon ...

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'China Needs to Change': Scott Bessent Calls Out China's 'Unsustainable' Economic Practices

During his remarks at the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D.C., Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called out ...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says China has ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with US as trade war appears to cool

Speaking in the Oval Office after a brief swearing-in ceremony for Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins ...

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Japan says no talk of currency target, yen control in finance dialogue with US

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday he agreed with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to continue "constructive" dialogue on currency policy, but did not discuss setting ...

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Scott Bessent offers a gentler message, saying ‘America First’ does not mean ‘America alone’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday at an Institute of International Finance event in Washington, D.C.

India Today6h

India likely to be 1st to sign trade deal with Washington: US Treasury Secretary

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that an India-US bilateral trade deal is highly likely and will be the first of ...

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