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WATCH: Bessent defends Trump’s ‘strategic uncertainty,’ says certainty ‘not necessarily a good thing in negotiating’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the economic uncertainty upending global financial markets is a tool ...
US tariffs could cost China 5–10 million jobs, 'onus' on Beijing, Bessent says
The administration later walked back its initial proposal, and announced April 9 it would immediately hike tariffs on Chinese ...
U.S. Textile Industry Rejects Bessent’s Suggestion Boom Times Are Over
A textile trade association that has backed President Trump’s trade strategy took issue with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s remark that emphasized “precision manufacturing” over clothing and ...
WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt and Scott Bessent hold press briefing on Trump’s 100th day
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are holding a press briefing on the economy ...
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Hill GOP Budget Leaders in ‘Lockstep,’ Treasury Chief Bessent Says
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent stresses unity around the upcoming budget bill after his meeting with GOP leaders at ...
White House Praises ‘Healthy Debate’ After Reports Of Elon Musk, Scott Bessent Screaming Match
The New York Times previously reported there was a "power struggle" between the two regarding the acting commissioner of the ...
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Bessent says lawmakers now need to pass Trump's tax agenda by July 4
We’ve got three legs to the President’s economic agenda, trade, tax and deregulation, and we hope that we can have this tax ...
US treasury secretary Bessent sets July 4 tax bill goal as economic worries mount
Republicans passed a budget resolution that would allow them to fast-track the tax bill through Congress without needing to ...