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Bessent: Trump tariff threat should ‘light fire’ under EU
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday he hopes a new tariff threat from President Trump would speed along talks with ...
Bessent Sees ‘Several Large’ Trade Deals in Next Few Weeks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there could be “several large” trade deals announced in the next couple of weeks, ...
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Trump's Tariff Threat: A Negotiation Strategy
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that President Trump doubts the quality of the EU's trade offers to the U.S. He ...
Bessent says he expects large tariff deals coming
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he's "very optimistic" that Germany can help the U.S. push the European Union on negotiations over tariffs. "My sense is over the next couple of weeks we're going ...
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Stocks Pare Drop as Bonds Hold Gains After Bessent: Markets Wrap
Markets were rattled by a series of headlines around Donald Trump’s tariff war, with stocks trimming losses as Treasury ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's 'strategic uncertainty' is a negotiating tactic
"So, if we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent said ...
Bessent Backtracks On Trump’s Boast Of New Tariffs Without Negotiations—Latest Big Tariff Flip-Flop Since ‘Liberation Day’
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” ...
Top EU Official Slated to Meet With Scott Bessent Today
The European Union’s top economic official, Valdis Dombrovskis, is scheduled to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on ...
Bessent hopeful future US-China trade talks will lay groundwork for ‘more fulsome agreement’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed optimism about continuing trade negotiations with Chinese officials after meeting ...
Scott Bessent says tariff rates will return to ‘reciprocal’ levels if countries don’t reach trade deals with US
There are 18 “important” trading partners that the United States is most focused on solidifying deals with, Bessent said. He did not say how quickly tariff rates could revert to “reciprocal” rates.