Scott Bessent says Chinese top trade envoy came to Washington uninvited

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent rebuked China’s top trade envoy, Li Chenggang, for allegedly acting “unhinged” and threatening to “unleash chaos” on the global system during an “uninvited” visit to Washington in August.

U.S. will 'neither be commanded nor controlled' by China, Bessent says as trade standoff deepens

Beijing has yet to approve the sale of TikTok U.S., increase soybean purchases or ease export controls, despite several rounds of U.S. trade talks.

Bessent and Greer play ‘good cop, bad cop’ with China trade war

Bessent has steadily grown into his role as Trump’s market whisperer over the past nine months and was more tempered than Greer.

Scott Bessent Reveals Threat Made by ‘Unhinged’ Chinese Official

The top Trump official said China's rare earth export controls were "clearly something that they were planning all along."

Scott Bessent Says US Will Hit China With 'Price Floors'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed the United States will introduce price floors in to combat China's global manipulation of various markets, including rare Earth materials.

Bessent: Rising power costs a ‘binding constraint’ of Trump AI boom

Bessent did point to three specific ways that federal and state governments can offset rising electricity costs.

Scott Bessent urges IMF to unload swanky Maryland country club: ‘They can start by selling the golf course’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday urged the International Monetary Fund to sell a swanky country club it owns in Maryland after The Post revealed how its staff qualify for discounted

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on industrial policy: We have to be vigilant

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins CNBC's Sara Eisen at the CNBC 'Invest in America' Forum in Washington, D.C.

Greer, Bessent blast China's rare earths curbs, urge Beijing not to implement them

Wednesday blasted China's major expansion of rare earth export controls as a threat to global supply chains, but said Beijing could still change course and avoid steps by Washington to decouple from the world's second-largest economy.

Bessent Calls China Trade Negotiator An ‘Unhinged’ Wolf Warrior

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lashed out at a top Chinese trade official, saying he turned up in Washington recently uninvited and behaved in an “unhinged” fashion typical of Beijing’s so-called wolf warrior diplomats.

Scott Bessent Wants To Wage A Post-9/11-Style War On The American Left

The treasury secretary said the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was "a domestic 9/11" during an appearance on the late podcaster's show.
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