Bessent to Attend US-China Talks in Stockholm Next Week
'That deal expires on August 12,' Bessent said on Fox Business of the latest trade truce between the world's two largest economies. 'I'm going to be in Stockholm on Monday and Tuesday with my Chinese counterparts and we'll be working out what is likely an extension then.'
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