The developments came as China has struck a publicly defiant tone and Trump sowed confusion by claiming that he had spoken ...

Trump told TIME magazine that talks were taking place and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had called him, an assertion he repeated to reporters as he was leaving the White House on Friday morning fo ...

Trump trusts his resume, is basically what it comes down to,” a source said of the former hedge fund executive.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass) asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to disclose details of a closed-door investor meeting ...

Trump placed tariffs totaling 145% on China, leading China to retaliate with tariffs of 125% on the U.S. — essentially ...

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are making a run for the third straight day of gains as President Trump weighs taking a ...

After global panic over the president’s trade proposals, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is downplaying his boss’s bluster.

Signed agreements even with the most friendly of trading partners caught up in the Trump maelstrom – are probably not ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) shakes hands with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise at the tariff announcement Wednesday. (Jim LoScalzo- Pool via CNP/Zuma Press) Treasury Secretary Scott ...

Musk and Bessent’s relationship has been tense at best. The Tesla CEO lobbied hard to land Howard Lutnick as the Treasury ...

During his remarks at the Institute of International Finance in Washington D.C. this week, Scott Bessent defended President Trump's trade war.

Trump now says he’ll extract through negotiations—under the threat of resuming his full tariff war—concessions sufficient to erase America’s trade deficits with its partners. And Treasury Secretary ...