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'Schrödinger’s deal': Internet ridicules Scott Bessent's trade war promise fails
Critics mocked Treasury secretary Scott Bessent's trade war promises when interrogated by Fox News's Bill Hemmer on Friday.
German finance minister and US treasury secretary Bessent met bilaterally, source says
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil met United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday for a bilateral ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent dismisses Moody's US credit downgrade as 'lagging indicator'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed the U.S. credit downgrade as a "lagging indicator" of economic and fiscal ...
US sanctions two members of a Mexican drug trafficking group known as the Northeast Cartel
The United States has imposed sanctions on two members of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Cartel del Noreste, the ...
Trump treasury secretary says Walmart will absorb some tariff costs – but shoppers may still pay more
Bessent told CNN's "State of the Union" May 18 that he spoke with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon the day before, when Trump told ...
Bessent defends Trump’s Qatari luxury jet gift: ‘French gave us the Statue of Liberty’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s decision to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar, ...
Bessent show: Treasury secretary taking over as top dog on Trump’s trade team
An alumnus of the first Trump White House assessed that of Trump’s Cabinet, Bessent seems to be the “most serious person in ...
Congress needs to address debt ceiling before its August recess to prevent default, Treasury secretary says
Lawmakers have until August to address the debt ceiling or the US could default on its obligations for the first time ever, ...