Trump, Scott Bessent and tariff rates
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As President Donald Trump conducted an impromptu news conference in Doha, Qatar, this month, surrounded by business leaders and top advisers, he made a point of singling out one person in particular.
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"So, if we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent said of ongoing trade talks.
An alumnus of the first Trump White House assessed that of Trump’s Cabinet, Bessent seems to be the “most serious person in the room.”
Trump and his aides have repeatedly shifted their stance on tariffs in the weeks since the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement.
The Treasury secretary said "strategic uncertainty" is a tactic as the U.S. engages in talks over the Trump administration's tariffs, arguing that too much certainty would allow other countries to "play us in the negotiations.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed optimism about continuing trade negotiations with Chinese officials after meeting in Geneva, with plans to meet again in the next few weeks to hash out a
The European Union’s top economic official, Valdis Dombrovskis, is scheduled to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday, at a gathering of economic policymakers in Canada. Dombrovskis said he would raise "trade points and the importance of making progress in EU-U.
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