Megan Messerly
White House Reporter at POLITICO
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2 days ago |
politico.com | Victoria Guida |Daniel Desrochers |Megan Messerly |Phelim Kine
The agreement is an acknowledgment that a full-on economic divorce of the U.S. and China would be too painful for both sides, despite outward swagger from both Trump and Beijing. Indeed, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent underscored Monday that the goal was not “a generalized decoupling from China.” “I know for many of the hawks, people on our side, that want total decoupling — [it’s] not 100 percent victory,” Steve Bannon, a longtime Trump adviser, said on his “War Room” show.
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2 days ago |
flipboard.com | Victoria Guida |Daniel Desrochers |Megan Messerly |Phelim Kine
16 hours agoU.S. and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days as trade talks continueThe world’s two biggest economies agreed to a temporary rollback of most of their recent levies after negotiating in Switzerland over the weekend.
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3 days ago |
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Daniel Desrochers |Phelim Kine |Ari Hawkins |Megan Messerly
Wyraźna gotowość Trumpa do złagodzenia amerykańskich ceł na chińskie towary — obecnie wynoszących co najmniej 145 proc. — do 80 proc. pojawiła się w momencie, gdy sekretarz skarbu Scott Bessent przygotowywał się do spotkania z chińskimi urzędnikami w Genewie w ten weekend.
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4 days ago |
politico.com | Daniel Desrochers |Phelim Kine |Ari Hawkins |Megan Messerly
“He’s probably mostly in listening mode, and will take back what he receives to President Xi,” said Christopher Adams, a former senior coordinator for China affairs at the Treasury Department.
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4 days ago |
cnas.org | Daniel Desrochers |Phelim Kine |Ari Hawkins |Megan Messerly
President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his soaring tariffs on China may soon begin to drop. That doesn’t mean the two countries are close to a deal. Trump’s apparent willingness to ease U.S. tariffs on China — currently at a minimum of 145 percent — down to 80 percent comes as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepares to meet with Chinese officials in Geneva this weekend.
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New: President Donald Trump is floating lowering the 145% China tariffs. More importantly, the president's Friday am post signals he has given Bessent his proxy to negotiate lowering them. “He is giving the keys to Bessent,” one person familiar told me. https://t.co/ef2289z9n1
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President Donald Trump notched his first trade win ahead of his debut on the global stage in the Middle East next week. The president’s triumphal tone Thursday belies the challenging road ahead. w/ @drdesrochers @_AriHawkins @PhelimKine https://t.co/rhR6evZ4hI
