Bessent Aims to Meet With Chinese Official in Next Few Weeks

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart in the coming weeks to advance discussions on trade and other issues between the world’s two largest economies.

“I’m going to be meeting with my Chinese counterpart at sometime in the next couple of weeks,” Bessent said in an interview Monday on CNBC. “We had good meetings in Geneva, in London. We both approached it with great respect”