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CNBC Daily Open: Trump blinks first in trade war he started
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that “there is an opportunity for a big deal here” on trade issues ...
Stock Futures Fall After Bessent Dents U.S.-China Trade Hopes
Stock futures were pointing to losses on Thursday, with investors still trying to make sense of the U.S.-China trade war ...
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 ...
Bessent Tells Investors He Expects Trade Tension With China to De-Escalate
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday reassured attendees of a closed-door JPMorgan investor summit that he expects the ...
Elon Musk and Scott Bessent had a ‘very loud’ shouting match in the West Wing: ‘two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE’
The two billionaires have a testy relationship dating back to the post-election transition period ...
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 ...
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 ...
China's President Xi Says Tariffs and Trade Wars Hurt World Economic Order
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights ...