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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fatima Hussein

Bessent says G20 countries should also use tariffs to protect their industries from cheap imports

G20 Finance Ministers - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he's urging some of his G20 counterparts to take a page from the Trump administration's playbook of using tariffs and other measures to crack down on trade imbalances.

Bessent told reporters that he had warned other nations at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term that the new U.S. “tariff wall” would mean that Chinese goods would flood their markets.

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