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US Treasury chief expects China tariff impasse to de-escalate, offer markets relief: Source
Wall Street’s major indexes jumped after a news report on the US Treasury chief’s comments. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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China signals readiness for trade talks after Trump hints at tariff relief
The door for trade talks with Washington is wide open, China said on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump ...
Trump says he won’t play ‘hardball’ with China or mention COVID — after Bessent calls tariff standoff unsustainable
Scott Bessent’s reported comments caused shares to briefly spike on Wall Street, with investors watching closely for any ...
Trump says he won’t ‘play hardball’ with China and expects tariff deal to happen ‘pretty quickly’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he isn't going to "play hardball" with China during tariff negotiations and believes a ...
Stock market rallies after Treasury Secretary Bessent tells a closed-door investor summit that the tariff standoff with China is unsustainable
The rally was triggered in part by remarks that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered at a closed-door investor summit ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent Predicts Tax Cuts to Pass by July 4
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he thought an extension of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts could be ...
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U.S. is "setting the stage" for potential trade deal with China, White House says
The Trump administration on Tuesday signaled the possibility of cooling trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Why it ...
China's President Xi Says Tariffs and Trade Wars Hurt World Economic Order
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that tariff and trade wars undermine the legitimate rights ...