Scott Bessent
TikTok, Trade, Taiwan Top Agenda For Call Between Trump, Xi
Sep 17, 2025 04:31 pm CST
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have plenty to discuss this week in their first conversation since June, with TikTok, Boeing planes, rare earth magnets and Taiwan among top items for negotiation.
All You Need To Know About TikTok, Its Algorithm, And US-China Deal
Sep 17, 2025 10:38 am CST
A central question to TikTok's potential shutdown saga has been whether the popular social video platform would keep its algorithm - the secret sauce that powers its addictive video feed - after it's divested from Chinese parent company ByteDance.
"We Have A Deal On TikTok, Will Speak To Xi Jinping": Trump
Sep 17, 2025 09:35 am CST
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the US finally has a deal with Chinese app TikTok.
Trump Extends TikTok Shutdown Deadline Again After Reaching Framework Deal
Sep 17, 2025 04:06 am CST
President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16, giving time to complete the framework of the deal announced Monday.
US Says Deal Has Been Reached On TikTok, But Details Are Sparse
Sep 15, 2025 11:47 pm CST
A framework deal has been reached for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks between the US and China in Spain.
"If Indians Don't Budge...": Trump Adviser's New Trade Warning To New Delhi
Aug 28, 2025 05:03 pm CST
Donald Trump's top economic adviser has warned that if India fails to curb its Russian crude trade, the US President will not ease his stance on Washington's punitive tariffs on Indian imports.
Opinion | Who Is Scott Bessent - Tariff Hawk, Yen Man, And India's New Headache?
Aug 19, 2025 04:02 pm CST
Recently, Bessent told Europe that it is not doing its part because it is yet to join the US in imposing secondary tariffs on India. "It's put up or shut up time," he told Europe.