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Scott Bessent Signals Liberation Day 2.0 Coming If Countries Don't Sign Trade Deals: 'President...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has issued a fresh warning to the U.S.’s biggest trading partners, global markets, and ...
Scott Bessent says tariff rates will return to ‘reciprocal’ levels if countries don’t reach trade deals with US
There are 18 “important” trading partners that the United States is most focused on solidifying deals with, Bessent said. He did not say how quickly tariff rates could revert to “reciprocal” rates.
From Liberation Day To Independence Day
The key date for investors might not be “Liberation Day,” or the various and shifting negotiation deadlines associated with ...
Treasury Sec. Bessent says countries who don’t negotiate could see tariffs rise: Full interview
In an interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that countries who don’t negotiate trade deals ...
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 ...
Bessent warns countries refusing to negotiate can expect increased tariffs
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he thought the increased tariffs "would be the April 2-level — some countries were at 10%, some were substantially higher." ...