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US Treasury's Bessent Urges Asian Development Bank to Move Towards Ending China Loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda to take ...
US Treasury's Bessent encouraged by 'productive' Japan, South Korea trade talks
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was encouraged by "productive" early trade talks with Japan and South Korea this week, ...
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 ...
Bessent Says He Expects China Trade Tensions Will De-Escalate
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a closed-door JPMorgan investor summit that he expects trade tensions with China to ...
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 ...
US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown with China is unsustainable ...
Bessent Says Trump Hasn’t Made Unilateral Offer to Cut Tariffs on China
President Trump hasn’t offered to take down U.S. tariffs on China on a unilateral basis, Bloomberg News quoted Treasury ...
China denies Trump’s claim that two countries are ‘actively’ negotiating tariffs
Chinese officials rebutted President Donald Trump ’s claim that the U.S. and China are actively negotiating tariffs . Trump ...
Trump tariffs live updates: Trump, China at odds on progress as Bessent hints at quick deal with South Korea
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the US and South Korea could reach a trade agreement as early as next week, ...