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Watch live: Treasury chief Scott Bessent delivers a speech about the global financial system
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is delivering the keynote address to the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D ...
Watch live: Bessent gives remarks on global market under shadow of Trump tariffs
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will give remarks Wednesday morning on the global economy as part of the International ...
Reeves to Appeal for US Deal at Bessent Meeting in Washington
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will make a personal appeal for a trade deal to US Treasury Secretary Scott ...
Bessent says he expects 'de-escalation' in U.S.-China tariff fight in the 'very near future'
Stocks, already recovering from the prior day's sell off, soared higher on news of the remarks from Trump Treasury Secretary ...
Trump says he won’t play ‘hardball’ with China or mention COVID — after Bessent calls tariff standoff unsustainable
Scott Bessent’s reported comments caused shares to briefly spike on Wall Street, with investors watching closely for any ...
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Scott Bessent Is Doing a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Job
When hedge-fund billionaire Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was nominated last fall by Donald Trump to serve as the nation’s 79th ...
Trump Official Says Tariff War With China 'Unsustainable'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told private investors during a meeting on Tuesday that the spiraling trade war between the ...
Bessent Expects Tariff Standoff With China to De-Escalate
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China is ...
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 ...