United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of the Treasury (2025–)
| Born | 1962-08-21 · Conway, South Carolina |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Education | Yale University (BA) |
Portrait: United States Department of the Treasury · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China should recognize their differences over artificial intelligence while exploring cooperation to reduce its risks and competing for AI supremacy.
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Reuters
Bessent said the United States and China should have no illusions as they both cooperate and compete on AI. During Xi’s September visit, Washington and Beijing agreed to start an AI dialogue and establish a communications channel to help defuse serious incidents.
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CNBC
The United States and China should recognize their differences on artificial intelligence while exploring cooperation to reduce the technology’s risks and competing for AI supremacy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds a press conference for a fraud task force in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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Speaking at Ripple’s conference, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said crypto could help preserve the dollar’s leading position. He said SEC and CFTC action may fill the gap left by the Clarity Act’s failure while curbing crypto debanking.
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CoinDesk
Bessent cautioned Zelenskyy over allegations that the U.S. is slowing Starlink. The high-speed satellite internet service, provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is critical to Ukraine’s defense.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s policies on Meet the Press after the president waived a sweeping Russia sanctions law and struck a diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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NBC News
In an exclusive Meet the Press interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent does not definitively say whether Ukraine is a U.S. ally. His remarks follow Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s claim that the U.S. government slowed Starlink, a critical satellite network Ukraine uses for defense.
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an “energy supply shock” caused by the war in Iran is straining the U.S. economy and predicted that prices will come down afterward.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out a lengthy set of demands for the World Bank aligned with the Trump administration’s interests. They include lifting its ban on financing upstream oil and gas projects, directing resources toward deep-sea critical-mineral mining and changing procurement policies.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China prevented the Group of 20 from issuing a joint communique after finance ministers and central bank chiefs met this week, citing a dispute over China’s huge trade surplus.
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Bloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-02 06:05
Bessent’s supposed ‘yentervention’ may have been smaller than many had imagined.
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Financial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-02 04:30
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved without dialogue and engagement between the sides. He called Russia’s participation in G20 finance events important and noted that he had met Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the sidelines of the meeting.
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TASSOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-02 01:20
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington has held quiet consultations with Moscow and Beijing over U.S. sanctions against Iran. He said the United States and China have more in common than differences on Iran, but did not disclose what was discussed.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, failed to reach agreement on a joint communique. He attributed the lack of consensus to China’s position and said the United States, as chair, had prepared a final statement.
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Scott Bessent said China dissented from language in a G20 statement opposing markets being flooded with “cheap exports.” He is leading the Trump administration’s plan to choke off Iran’s economy by threatening its business partners with secondary sanctions.
CCNBCOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-01 23:33
Mattie Duppler, a National Taxpayers Union senior fellow for fiscal policy and founder and president of Forward Strategies, discusses Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s closing remarks at the G20 in Ashville. She calls his expectation of a major AI-driven productivity shift within six months “very optimistic,” while saying the rapid pace of technological change means it cannot be ruled out.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds a briefing as the G20 Finance Ministers meeting concludes.
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Bloomberg Crypto examines the people, transactions and technology shaping decentralized finance. Guests include Pantera Capital founder and managing partner Dan Morehead, Strategy President and CIO Phong Le, and Solana Foundation payments-growth head Amira Valliani, with discussion spanning Bitcoin, Treasury policy, money printing, the AI trade and Bitcoin’s four-year cycle.
BBloomberg TelevisionOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-01 20:47
Dan Morehead says a bluff only works when no one at the poker table recognizes it. He argues that adding another $2 billion in bonds while being a forced seller caused Bessent’s bond plan to backfire.
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