Bessent Says U.S.-China Trade Talks Were 'Productive,' Without Offering Specifics

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Source: Wall Street Journal

GENEVA—Senior economic officials from the U.S. and China concluded their weekend trade talks Sunday without announcing details of their discussions to ease the continuing trade war between the countries.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who led the U.S. delegation, told reporters that substantial progress was made during the marathon discussions with their Chinese counterparts, led by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng.

The talks were “productive,” Bessent said, adding that the U.S. side will share more details Monday.

During the same briefing Sunday in Switzerland, Greer suggested that some sort of agreement had been reached with the Chinese side without providing specifics.

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Here is one of the most upvoted comments after the article: "So we jack up tariffs on April 2nd the spend the next 6 weeks walking it all back and on Monday we will declare victory like the worthless UK deal." So WSJ's comments sections may lean conservative, but they are not the same as Yahoo News or F**e R******c.