Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said late Wednesday that the U.S. has “put China to the side” as administration officials work to negotiate deals with other major trading partners. In an

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday signaled that a de-escalation of the trade war over President Trump’s harsh tariff rates would have to come from China — not the US.

As I repeatedly said, I believe that it’s up to China to de-escalate, because they sell five times more to us than we sell to them,” Bessent said Monday morning on CNBC. So