Bessent: China Will Cut Prices In Response To Tariffs So They Can Continue To "Export Their Way Out Of Economic Malaise"
Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden, during his confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, he believes ...
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Bessent favors pushing China to buy more ag products
Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s choice as treasury secretary, told the Senate Finance Committee this week that that ...
Trump 1.0's China trade deal proved disappointing. Bessent suggests taking another stab at it.
Bessent has brought up the Trump 1.0 trade deal that called for Chinese purchases from U.S. farmers -- an agreement that's ...
Bessent: Fair Trade Has To Balance Free Trade, China Has The Most Unbalanced Economy In History
Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that fair trade is more important than free trade during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, saying that SCOTT BESSENT: After our ...
Bessent criticises China's economic practices, proposes sanctions on Iran
During the Senate confirmation hearings, Bessent called China an 'unbalanced economy,' and described the nation as being in a ...
Bessent Clears Senate Grilling, Paving Way for His Confirmation
Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent is on track to be confirmed following a confirmation hearing Thursday lacking the ...
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Trump Treasury Sec Nominee Fires Back At Dem Sen Who Tries Gotcha Question On ‘Clean Energy’ Race With China
Secretary of the Treasury nominee Scott Bessent told Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden that America is not engaged in a ...
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Trump Treasury nominee appears open to carbon tariffs
Scott Bessent called carbon tariffs against the Chinese an “interesting idea” but balked at the idea of a “clean energy race.
Trump Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Rejects U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency, Citing Privacy and Economic Concerns
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, testified before the Senate Finance Committee ...