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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's 'strategic uncertainty' is a negotiating tactic
"So, if we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent said ...
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 ...
Top EU Official Slated to Meet With Scott Bessent Today
The European Union’s top economic official, Valdis Dombrovskis, is scheduled to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on ...
Bessent Backtracks On Trump’s Boast Of New Tariffs Without Negotiations—Latest Big Tariff Flip-Flop Since ‘Liberation Day’
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” ...
Scott Bessent says tariff uncertainty is a tactic — otherwise countries ‘would play us in the negotiations’
"If we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent told CNN ...
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Trump's Tariff Threat: A Negotiation Strategy
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that President Trump doubts the quality of the EU's trade offers to the U.S. He ...
Bessent: Trump tariff threat should ‘light fire’ under EU
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday he hopes a new tariff threat from President Trump would speed along talks with ...
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Scott Bessent says Trump will raise tariffs again on any nation that doesn't negotiate in 'good faith'
All eyes are on the Trump administration's trade talks, particularly with China. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday during an NBC interview that President Donald Trump will raise ...