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Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday during House testimony: "Who pays tariffs?" REP.
During an oversight hearing, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over who pays the tariffs ...
Trump Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick said dockworkers and truck drivers worried about jobs should "be positive because the ...
Rep. Nydia Velazquez grandstands while questioning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about ongoing trade negotiations during a ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed the progress made with China on tackling fentanyl at trade talks in Switzerland, saying Beijing is "now serious" about the issue.
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 very ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stumbled and deflected when asked a simple, direct question about tariffs at a congressional hearing on Tuesday. “Who pays tariffs, Mr. Secretary?” ...
President Donald Trump’s faith in tariffs is undimmed by a dose of negative US growth and signs of a looming supply crunch.
"He agreed they could send 100,000 cars into America and only pay a 10% tax ... Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the Trump administration is considering a tariff reprieve on some ...
In defending the Trump administration's aggressive use of tariffs, Bessent sought to downplay concerns about a ... "[Tax cheating], of course, increases what others pay and explodes the deficit, ...
The United States has decided to temporarily cut reciprocal tariffs on China by 115% as part of an agreement between the two ...