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‘Substantial progress’ at US-China trade talks, says Scott Bessent

US treasury secretary’s remarks on second day of meetings come after Trump hails ‘total reset’ in America-China tiesThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has reported “substantial progress” in talks with China’s top economic officials to avoid a damaging trade war, but offered no details of an agreement reached as two days of negotiations wrapped up in Geneva.Bessent said that details would be announced on Monday and that Donald Trump was fully aware of the results of the “productive talks”. Continue reading...

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