With economists and business leaders warning of impending disaster from the massive import taxes placed on most Chinese imports by President Donald Trump, the White House is still playing coy about whether the president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have spoken about de-escalating the ongoing trade war between Beijing and Washington.
Asked whether he could confirm any conversations between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dodged a reporter’s query on the subject at a Tuesday morning White House press briefing by suggesting that knowing whether any conversations had taken place was outside the perimeter of his job responsibilities.
