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Here's a look at the sectors getting a boost from the truce in the US-China trade war
Shares of many companies that source at least some of their goods from China are surging on Monday as U.S. and Chinese ...
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'It's Trump who blinked': Former treasury secretary rips president over China negotiations
Former Treasury Secretary and economic analyst Lawrence Summers has said that President Donald Trump "blinked" during the United States' recent negotiations with China, in which both countries agreed ...
Trump to shift consumer watchdog pick to senior Treasury role
U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, has instead been ...
Congress needs to address debt ceiling before its August recess to prevent default, Treasury secretary says
Lawmakers have until August to address the debt ceiling or the US could default on its obligations for the first time ever, ...
Tariff talks begin between US and Chinese officials in Geneva as the world looks for signs of hope
Chinese state media report the U.S. Treasury Secretary and America's top trade negotiator have begun talks with high-ranking ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: U.S. will hit debt limit in August
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged congressional leadership to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, in a ...
US makes ‘substantial progress’ in China tariff talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says
U.S. negotiators said Sunday that “substantial progress” was made and “perhaps the differences weren’t so large” after two ...
Schumer: China ‘got the better of Trump’
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says China “got the better” of the Trump administration after Treasury ...
US and China advance tariff talks, says Treasury Secretary Bessent
U.S. negotiators said Sunday that "substantial progress" was made and "perhaps the differences weren't so large" after two ...