US trade team will meet Chinese officials in next 2-3 months, Bessent says
In an interview on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow," Bessent said the U.S. will need to see "months, if not quarters, if not a year" of progress on fentanyl flows before it considers reducing tariffs on China.
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