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 ...
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 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 ...
Scott Bessent: China Builds 100 Coal Plants Per Year, "That Is Not A Clean Energy Race, That Is An Energy Race"
Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden why it is goofy to claim the U.S. is in an "arms race with China for clean energy." SCOTT BESSENT: Senator Wyden, just ...
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 ...
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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.
Morning Bid: Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields
Salvos from a Federal Reserve governor and the incoming Treasury Secretary helped nail down this week's inflation-inspired ...
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 ...