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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 ...
Trump Commerce Secretary to People Out of Work Due to Tariffs: ‘Be Optimistic, the President Truthed It Out’
"Let's see what happens," Sec. Howard Lutnick said. Already, Americans are seeing higher prices, plunging imports, and ...
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 ...
Scott Bessent Hails China Progress on Fentanyl
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.
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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 very ...
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.
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Trump Commerce Secretary Says Ten Percent Tariffs Are Here To Stay ‘For the Foreseeable Future’
The business and the countries primarily eat the tariff,' the commerce secretary insists, rejecting the notion that consumers ...
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Trump tariffs live updates: Bessent hails 'substantial progress' as US-China talks wrap up
"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 ...