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WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday (Aug 1) he believes Washington and Beijing are nearing a ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he believed that Washington has the makings of a deal with China ...

The US has seen a drop in markets following lower openings in Europe and Asia after the US president said he was moving ...

It follows similar drops in markets in Europe and Asia after the US president said he was moving forward with tariff plans.

President Donald Trump on Thursday formalized the array of high tariff levels and trade deals he has announced in recent ...

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The United States has taken aim at India’s relationship with Russia yet again in the backdrop of trade talks stalling. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed India had ‘not been a great global actor ...

Trump has justified tariffs on goods from Canada, the top U.S. export market, by accusing it of failing to stop the ...

The US government sent mixed messages on Thursday on where the latest trade agreement with China, including a possible extension of the pause on tariff hikes, is headed.

FOX Business host Maria Bartiromo joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s remarks suggesting a US-China trade deal could soon be reached.

The White House says President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to impose new tariff rates starting midnight Friday.