US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports to start at 2.5% and rise gradually, per the Financial Times. New universal tariffs on imports to the US ...

“A penny for your thoughts” is an idiomatic expression. It used to be a thing. But then again, a penny used to be a thing. But that was then; this is now.

Apart from Scott Bessent, the US Treasury secretary ... said the peer had himself been known to sport “the odd paunch”. Reflecting on that with a smile, Mandelson says he sees himself now as “very ...

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Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Chinese counterpart He Lifeng raised mutual concerns on trade and economic issues ...

Scott Bessent built a career managing billions of dollars, and he now serves as Treasury Secretary. Here’s how much he’s ...

By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the new administration’s ...

Scott Bessent, the new US Treasury Secretary under Trump’s administration, has a monster-sized mission. He’s been handed an economic puzzle that could break ...

Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed in a 68 to 29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn ...