US-China talks resulted in mechanism to avoid escalation: Bessent
The trade talks between the US and China in Geneva have resulted in a mechanism to avoid escalation, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday in Riyadh.
The US does not want a generalized decoupling between the two largest economies in the world, he said.
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