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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 ...
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.
Stock market rebounds for second straight day as the White House signals even more strongly it wants to make nice on tariffs
Stock indexes and the U.S. dollar rose, as investors got hints of a long-sought détente in America’s trade wars.
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 ...
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News Wrap: Bessent says U.S. and China both see high tariffs as unsustainable
In our news wrap Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said both the U.S. and China see high tariffs as unsustainable but dismissed reports U.S. would bring them down unilaterally, a dozen ...
Leavitt on reported Musk-Bessent clash: Disagreements part of ‘healthy debate process’
The White House on Wednesday brushed off a reported shouting match between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Tesla CEO ...
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Steve Bannon Accuses Elon Musk of Putting His ‘Own Interest’ Ahead of the Nation — Jabs Howard Lutnick
Bannon’s comments came the same day that Axios reported on a shouting match between Bessent and Musk in the White House ...
White House Doesn’t Deny Reported Musk-Bessent Shouting Match, Touts ‘Healthy Debate Process’
A shouting match between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a conversation about the IRS was first ...
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 ...
Bessent Says U.S. Wants to Help China Pivot Away From Exports
The U.S. wants to help China pivot away from an economic model focused on exports instead of consumption, Treasury Secretary ...
Stocks Rebound as Trump Tones Down Trade Rhetoric
Amid mixed messages from the Trump administration on the direction of its trade war, markets notched a second day of gains as ...
IRS turmoil: Leadership churn, worker exodus and threats to groups’ tax-exempt status roil agency
The incursion into the IRS’ typically apolitical stance threatens to further erode trust in federal institutions.