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Rep. Mark Pocan Grills Treasury Secretary Bessent: "Who Pays Tariffs?"
Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday during House testimony: "Who pays tariffs?" REP.
Democrat presses Bessent: Who pays tariffs?
During an oversight hearing, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over who pays the tariffs ...
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Trump Treasury Secretary Crashes When Asked Easy Question on Tariffs
U.S. Judge Beryl Howell issued a permanent injunction against the president Friday night, ruling that his executive order ...
Bessent to Rep. Velazquez: Telling You Details In Public Would Be "Detrimental" To Trade Negotiations
Rep. Nydia Velazquez grandstands while questioning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about ongoing trade negotiations during a ...
Trump tariffs live updates: Bessent hails 'substantial progress' as US-China talks wrap up
The US and China both pointed to progress after high-stakes trade talks over the weekend, with both sides building optimism ...
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House Panel Quizzes Bessent on DOGE, Tariff Talks, China
One lawmaker demands to know what countries the U.S. is close to striking deals with regarding tariffs. The treasury ...
Scott Bessent’s economic fantasy land
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is offering a fantasy that tariffs will boost jobs and deregulation and that the ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent sells tariffs rhetoric to Wall Street by talking up deregulation and tax cuts
At the Milken conference, Scott Bessent emphasized how tariffs, tax cuts, and deregulation will solidify America as 'the home ...
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Treasury Secretary Falters as Democratic Lawmaker Asks Who Pays Tariffs: 'It's a Very Complicated Question'
Mark Pocan (D-WI) was clearly unsatisfied with the stumbling response from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent when asked who pays tariffs. Bessent stammered, eventually telling Pocan, "It's a ...
Bessent declines to say which nations are close to tariff deals with US
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wouldn’t say Wednesday which nations the U.S. could strike trade deals with as soon as this ...
Trump’s lifelong belief in tariffs is about to face its acid test
President Donald Trump’s faith in tariffs is undimmed by a dose of negative US growth and signs of a looming supply crunch.
US debt on ‘unsustainable’ path, admits Scott Bessent
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has warned that America’s government debt is on an “unsustainable” path. Donald Trump’s ...