Scott Bessent

CNBC Daily Open: Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need a trade deal — the UK and India have made one without it
World

CNBC Daily Open: Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need a trade deal — the UK and India have made one without it

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025, at Warren, Michigan, U.S. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images After U.S. President Donald Trump shattered — or at least fractured — global trade relationships and supply chains, there are promising signs of reconstruction in recent […]

Read More
Asia-Pacific markets set to mostly climb on U.S.-China trade talks
World

Asia-Pacific markets set to mostly climb on U.S.-China trade talks

Shipping containers and gantry cranes beyond a fishing boat near the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. China’s trade figures are scheduled for release on Dec 7. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are set to mostly climb Wednesday after reports that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and […]

Read More
Stock futures rise on news of upcoming U.S.-China trade talks: Live updates
World

Stock futures rise on news of upcoming U.S.-China trade talks: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 29, 2025. NYSE Stock futures advanced Tuesday night as investors monitored the latest updates on U.S. trade negotiations and looked toward the Federal Reserve interest rate announcement expected Wednesday afternoon. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 236 points, or 0.6%. S&P 500 […]

Read More
Trump officials to meet with Chinese counterparts on trade, economic matters
Politics

Trump officials to meet with Chinese counterparts on trade, economic matters

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, and top trade official Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland […]

Read More
Bessent to Milken conference: Trump will make America ‘more appealing for investors like you’
Politics

Bessent to Milken conference: Trump will make America ‘more appealing for investors like you’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 5, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday sketched out the roadmap of President Donald Trump’s “America First Vision” in a pitch to a roomful of global investors on the future of […]

Read More
European stocks open higher on China-U.S. optimism
World

European stocks open higher on China-U.S. optimism

European stocks opened higher on Friday, as investors assessed a signal that China is seeking trade negotiations will the U.S. The Stoxx 600 index jumped 0.88% in early deals, led by mining stocks, up 2.5%, while banks climbed 1.7%. Most markets were closed on Thursday for the May 1 holiday. London’s FTSE 100 ended a choppy […]

Read More
Trump national security advisor Mike Waltz expected to leave post after Signal scandal
Politics

Trump national security advisor Mike Waltz expected to leave post after Signal scandal

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. This week marks the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images National Security Advisor Mike Waltz […]

Read More
Trump: ‘I think we’ll have a deal with India’ on tariffs and trade
Politics

Trump: ‘I think we’ll have a deal with India’ on tariffs and trade

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One as he departs for Michigan to attend a rally to celebrate his first 100 days in office, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday that tariff […]

Read More
CNBC Daily Open: U.S. consumers are starting to feel the pinch of Trump tariffs
World

CNBC Daily Open: U.S. consumers are starting to feel the pinch of Trump tariffs

A Dollar Store on April 1, 2024, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tariffs unleashed — and temporarily, almost capriciously, paused — by U.S. President Donald Trump have given governments across the world a headache as they figure out how to minimize disruptions to their economies. But the […]

Read More
CNBC Daily Open: The real victims of Trump tariffs — U.S. consumers?
World

CNBC Daily Open: The real victims of Trump tariffs — U.S. consumers?

A Dollar Store’s shelves stand bare on April 1, 2024 in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tariffs unleashed — and temporarily, almost capriciously, paused — by U.S. President Donald Trump have given governments across the world a headache as they figure out how to minimize disruptions to their […]

Read More