Trump, Scott Bessent

Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency as he prepared to face questions from U.
Bessent to say dollar must remain reserve currency, praise Trump on trade
Bessent plans to emphasize the dollar's key role in the world and talk up Trump's approach to trade policy, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks released by Trump's transition team. He's due to say American officials "must ensure that the U.
Trump's US Treasury Pick Bessent Says Extending Tax Cuts a Top Priority
Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Thursday said that extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year is "the single most important economic issue of the day.
Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’
WASHINGTON—Tariffs, tax policy and budget deficits look likely to dominate Thursday’s confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, the fund manager picked by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Treasury Department.
Trump’s Treasury Pick Will Face Grilling on Taxes, Tariffs, Sanctions and More
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, will be in charge of steering the president’s economic agenda if confirmed by the Senate.
Trump's Treasury pick pledges to fix U.S.'s 'significant spending problem'
Scott Bessent lambasted the federal government's "significant spending problem, pledging an overhaul to bring the U.S.'s "fiscal house in order" should he be confirmed as Treasury secretary under President-elect Donald Trump,

Trump, tariffs

With tariffs and trade in the spotlight, what Trump means when he says America is ‘losing’ billions to Canada, others
When President-elect Donald Trump recently floated the idea of annexing Canada, a key reason he gave was a claim that the ...
Trump And Trade, 2.0: World He Inherited In 2017, Now His In 2025
U.S. trade with the world today is different in many respects from the world Donald Trump encountered when he entered the ...
Trump has 100 executive orders ready for his first day back in the White House
President-elect Donald Trump will immediately unleash an onslaught of actions when he takes command at the White House on ...
China’s $1 Trillion Trade Surplus: What to Know as Trump Takes Office
Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That ...
Exclusive: Trump eyes Washington trade lawyer for key China post at Commerce Dept
President-elect Donald Trump is considering Washington trade lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to lead the U.S. Commerce Department's ...
Canada Knows Trump Would Win a Trade Fight. It Is Preparing to Retaliate Anyway.
The country’s leaders are trying to persuade the new administration to hold off while also seeking ways to inflict pain in a ...
Trump's Return Threatens Resurgence Of Trade Wars
Donald Trump's second presidential term promises a return to tariffs as he pressures partners and rivals to tackle everything ...
Novo Nordisk, other firms meet Danish PM to discuss Trump tariff threats
Danish businesses are concerned about a possible trade conflict with the United States over Greenland, a major lobby group ...
Posthaste: Forget Donald Trump, Canada's own trade barriers amount to nearly 25% tariff
The IMF says the benefits of removing these internal trade barriers would be huge. It estimates that if trade in goods was ...
Biden’s Trade Chief Warns Trump Not to Rely on Tariffs for Revenue
President Joe Biden’s departing trade chief called President-elect Donald Trump’s idea of using revenue from tariffs to ...