U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies earlier than a Home Monetary Providers Committee listening to entitled “The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Worldwide Monetary System,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Could 7, 2025.
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The White Home on Sunday introduced a “commerce deal” with China with out offering specifics, after Trump administration officers spent the weekend negotiating with their Chinese language counterparts.
Whereas particulars of the deal are nonetheless unclear, any de-escalation within the ongoing commerce warfare may deliver much-needed reduction to a world economic system that has been roiled since President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mentioned Sunday that the commerce talks that came about in Geneva over the weekend have been “productive.”
He mentioned the talks yielded “an important deal” of productiveness and that he would give extra particulars in a whole briefing on Monday morning.
Bessent additionally mentioned that he and U.S. Commerce Consultant Jamieson Greer each spoke to President Donald Trump on Saturday night and “he’s totally knowledgeable” concerning the discussions.
Greer mentioned throughout remarks on Sunday that the officers reached some type of a “deal,” however didn’t present any specifics. He hailed the discussions as “very constructive.”
“It is necessary to grasp how shortly we have been in a position to come to settlement, which displays that maybe the variations weren’t so giant as possibly thought,” Greer mentioned.
“We’re assured that the deal we struck with our Chinese language companions will assist us work towards resolving that nationwide emergency,” he added.
The high-stakes negotiations in Switzerland this weekend come amid widespread financial uncertainty stemming from the U.S.-China commerce warfare.
The 2 nations have been engaged in a tariff tit-for-tat within the weeks since Trump introduced 145% tariffs on Beijing. In response, China raised its levies on U.S. items to 125%.
The standoff has roiled the monetary markets and sparked issues of fewer items and rising costs for shoppers.
Trump praised the primary day of discussions, writing that the U.S. officers had a “superb assembly at the moment with China” in a Saturday Reality Social put up.
“Many issues mentioned, a lot agreed to,” Trump wrote. “A complete reset negotiated in a pleasant, however constructive, method.”
Bessent mentioned that he and Greer met with the vice premier of China, along with two vice ministers, who the treasury secretary referred to as “integrally concerned” in discussions.
