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'Schrödinger’s deal': Internet ridicules Scott Bessent's trade war promise fails
Critics mocked Treasury secretary Scott Bessent's trade war promises when interrogated by Fox News's Bill Hemmer on Friday.
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Fox News Anchor Confronts Bessent on Trump Bill Adding ‘Trillions’ to Debt: ‘How Is That Acceptable?’
Bill Hemmer confronted Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over a CBO scoring that insists Trump's new budget bill will ...
Trump tariff decisions influenced by 'last person to whisper' in his ear - Ritholtz Wealth
According to investment advisory firm Ritholtz Wealth Management, tariff decisions by the current U.S. administration are ...
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 ...
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Bessent sees deals announced before 90-day tariff pause ends
Bessent said that most US trading partners have been negotiating “in very good faith,” and that the European Union is an ...
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” ...