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Japan seeks US tariff talks during Bessent visit, Yomiuri reports
Japan is seeking talks between tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent when the U.S.
Bessent Steps Up Criticism of Fed as Auditions for Chair Intensify
The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks ...
Can Trump tap Bessent to head the Fed and the Treasury at the same time? Here’s what the law says.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is among the contenders to head the Federal Reserve. Can President Donald Trump have him do ...
US Treasury's Bessent to skip South Africa G20 meeting, heading to Japan
By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a Group of 20 finance officials meeting ...
Bessent Aims to Meet With Chinese Counterpart in Next Few Weeks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart in the coming weeks to advance ...
Tariffs will revert to April levels if countries don't make a deal by August 1, Bessent says
Tariffs are set to return to President Donald Trump's original April levels without new trade deals by August 1, Treasury ...
Scott Bessent says young men are in an ‘era of despondency,’ has hope for American workers
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the impact of President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ immigrant labor and ...
Bessent on Medicaid Work Requirements: Democrats Want To Infantilize The Poor; "I Don't Think Poor People Are Stupid"
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the "Big, Beautiful Bill" including work requirements for able-bodied Americans ...
Bessent outlines final tariff warning as trade deadline nears
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells CNN’s Dana Bash that countries that fail to reach trade agreements by August 1 will ...